Bartow News

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 2:16 a.m. BARTOW Bartow minister Tom Presley is the latest person to enter the District 2 County Commission race.

BARTOW Samy Faried, director of Bartow's Electric Department since September, has resigned after the city manager initiated steps to fire him.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2:47 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2:47 p.m. LAKELAND A federal judge in U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala., rejected a plea agreement for a 47-year-old Jacksonville man accused of transporting a teenage Bartow girl across state lines with the intent to engage in illegal sex, according to ...

Polk County Commissioner Randy Wilkinson formally announced his candidacy for the 12th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives during a patriotic gathering Thursday in Fort Blount Park.

Jason match-Bartow, Florida, July 1, 2009, Danny Parker is seen in Circuit Judge Donald Jacobsen's courtroom at the Polk County Courthouse Wednesday morning being fingerprinted.

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:56 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:56 p.m. BARTOW A 34-year-old Polk City man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for the drowning death last year of William Joseph Hough.

Two juveniles were arrested Monday morning in conjunction with a burglary in the Wellington Place subdivision in Bartow.

The Bartow Police Department reported these criminal activities from June 10 through 16: BURGLARY Home invasion and robbery were reported June 10 at a residence in the 1100 block of South Sunset Avenue.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. BARTOW Polk County Fire Services could inherit up to five of Emergency Medical Services' 32 paramedic ambulances.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:31 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:31 p.m. BARTOW William Taft was in the White House, the country had only 47 states and no one had heard of refrigeration or telephones in June 1909, when Polk County residents threw a little party in Bartow.

Associated Press - June 26, 2009 8:04 AM ET BARTOW, Fla. - Prosecutors say three deputies who fatally shot a central Florida man who confronted them with a rifle were justified in their actions.

BARTOW A jury found Christopher Deer guilty Wednesday of trying to help cover up the killing of a 34-year-old Davenport man who was beaten to death last year over a drug debt.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. BARTOW Prosecutors have concluded a grove owner who shot a 21-year-old Wahneta woman trying to steal his Land Cruiser was justified in using deadly force.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:09 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:09 p.m. Gather your extra diapers, bottles, rattles and other baby supplies - a group of local college students wants them for the Polk County chapter of the Red Cross.

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. BARTOW This weekend, nearly 150 years after liberated slaves in Texas celebrated their freedom, the Bartow community will come together to recognize that liberation.

BARTOW Last year, James Repetosky beat a Lakeland homeless man who fell into South Florida Avenue and was fatally struck by a passing pickup truck.

News-Sun photo by TREY CHRISTY Members of the Polk County Sheriff's Office take the fingerprints of Joshua Lee Altersberger Monday morning in Bartow after he was sentenced to death for the Jan.

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 12:05 a.m. BARTOW When City Manager George Long chose Joe Hall to be Bartow's new police chief, he said he saw someone who could relate to the place where the city's department now stands.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. BARTOW A former Bartow High School math teacher was found guilty Friday of offering to give a 16-year-old student a better grade in exchange for oral sex in 2007.

The Deputy Chief of Police ends his career in Panama City, as he begins a new chapter in his career.