Bartow became the latest battleground in the public health war over the future of supplemental fluoride in public drinking water. Dozens of Polk County residents, medical professionals and advocates ...

Twice as many Bartow residents favored retrofitting the now-shuttered municipal pool at the Civic Center in a city survey asking where they preferred to swim. The community gathered in Bartow on ...

CareerSource Polk and the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce will host the Fall Job Fair on Thursday at the Bartow Civic Center, 2250 S. Floral Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans receive early ...

Bartow's City Commission will hold a public workshop regarding the pros and cons of adding fluoride to its water supply on Feb. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bartow Civic Center. Florida Surgeon General ...

BARTOW, Fla. — The city pool in Bartow was once a place where kids learned to swim, learn to play together and learned what summer was all about. Now after being shut down for years, the city is about ...

BARTOW, Fla. — A community forum at the Bartow Civic Center on Tuesday evening took up one issue: Should the city continue adding fluoride to its drinking water? After a September federal court ruling ...