A Bartow resident of 30-plus years starts a petition to stop 2,245 new homes from being built, as other residents vent online ...

Someone in Bartow hit the Fantasy 5 jackpot, winning $131,590.97 after matching five numbers in the evening drawing Saturday, ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the SUV appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed and hit the empty tanker as it ...

Florida is the latest battleground in a series of standoffs over adding the chemical to local water supplies—with Utah set to ...

She is against a proposed development, called Emilie at Bartow, that would build 2,245 homes along SR 60. That’s why she ...

Bartow is the latest community in Florida to debate whether to remove fluoride from its water systems. Florida State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Lapado, a staunch opponent of fluoride in water ...

The city of Bartow, Florida held a public workshop to discuss the future of fluoride in its drinking water. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a vocal opponent of water fluoridation ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo speaks against fluoridation during the workshop Tuesday in Bartow. "The bottom line is that you now have multiple studies, the vast majority of studies that ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver died after his SUV collided with a semi-truck near Bartow on Thursday. Polk County deputies ...

Bartow anticipates the completion of several capital improvement projects, including the new fire substation, public works facilities and parks facility improvements,” said Mike Herr. Herr became city ...

"Florida this year will be fighting drier weather this spring. North Florida and the Panhandle will have the highest risk for severe weather and tornadoes," said Alexander Duffus, AccuWeather ...