Last night (August 18, 2023) around 7:15 p.m. the PCSO received a 911 call from the area near 3655 U.S. 17 North in unincorporated Bartow. 18-year-old David Watson of Winter Haven was driving a 2004 white GMC Canyon south on U.S. 17 in the outside lane. At the same time, 48-year-old James Shaw…
An 18-year-old college student died after being ejected from his truck during a crash Friday evening in Bartow, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Father's Day Special For Local Teen Dad Attending School at Travis Technical Center by James Coulter Like any other teenage pregnancy, when 17-year-old Dylan Sox and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Zoie Andree, learned that they were expecting, their world was turned upside down. Neither of them knew what they would do…
Polk County’s six legislators sat on a stage at the Polk State College Center for Public Safety in Winter Haven late last week for a listening session.