A Bartow High School teacher was arrested after deputies said he violated a burn ban. Polk County deputies responded to a ...

A teacher at Bartow High School is accused of starting a backyard fire that ended up burning five acres of land on Sunday.

Five Polk County municipalities won't hold April 7 elections because of a lack of candidates, leaving incumbents unopposed.

The mother of a boy badly injured during a May 2025 incident at Sandhill Elementary has sued Polk County Public Schools, alleging negligence.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Ellen Masters as a Polk County Court judge in December 1999 and then appointed her to the ...

A Bartow woman is back in custody following a Wednesday night confrontation that ended with a short-lived escape attempt and a run-in with a sheriff’s K9. The incident began around 9 p.m. on February ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a teacher at Bartow High School has been charged with ...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA)— Multiple structures caught on fire Thursday evening after a brush fire quickly spread in the area. The Polk County Fire Rescue responded to a brush fire around 2:14 p.m. and found ...

Fire rescue officials say the fire broke out in a rural area, and no homes were threatened. Crews spent hours battling the fire before it was contained.