Michael Strako, 38, died after being thrown from a homemade go-kart struck from behind by a Hyundai Elantra in Bartow, the Polk Sheriff's Office said.

Keep your umbrellas and rain coats handy as Severe Weather Team 2 says the chance of severe weather has increased for Sunday.

Moses Ojeda had a first appearance in court May 19 and is being held without bond on a murder charge. He is scheduled for an ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is holding a press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. to share more details about a death at an ...

The suspect, an 18-year-old man, had been Baker Acted six times this year before fatally stabbing an 81-year-old man, Polk ...

GORDON COUNTY, Ga. — Strong storms on Sunday in north Georgia did damage to agricultural structures in at least two different ...

The 4-month-old nicknamed “Strawberry” showed up at Bartow Regional Medical Center in February 2024 with no brain activity ...

I spent 32 years as a classroom teacher, seven under Ed Vetter at Bartow’s International Baccalaureate Program. He was, by far, the best principal I worked for, a cut above the rest. Accolades ...

18-year-old Moses Ojeda is charged with first-degree murder after the Sheriff's Office said he stabbed an 81-year-old man 113 times in a Bartow group home. Ojeda, diagnosed with paranoid ...