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"Bartow Bomb" student will not face criminal charges

Bartow, Florida -- The State Attorney's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that it will not formally charge Kiera Wilmot who was arrested last month on felonies for mixing household chemicals in a small plastic bottle outside Bartow High that then went off on school grounds.

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Got an E-reader? Learn how to use it more effectively

Got an E-reader? Learn how to use it more effectively

Bartow, Florida -- Okay, so we all know ebooks and e-readers are becoming the way to take in a good book, or even news or magazines.

Not everyone is comfortable using them yet, but the Bartow Library wants to give you a chance to get comfortable during a free class this Thursday!

Bring your Kindle, Nook, iPad, or other eReader device to the library this Thursday and they will help you with the basics of getting eBooks to read!

Also, you can learn how to effectively use the OverDrive lending system for checking out library eBooks.

Men slapped with over 60 charges in chop shop op

Mulberry, Florida-- Despite Gary Williams' claims to his family that he purchased vehicles and parts to salvage and sell for his business, Polk County deputies say Williams' actually ran a chop shop, and sold vehicles and parts that were actually stolen. 

According the Polk County Sheriff's Office, deputies showed up to 30-year-old Williams' 10-acre property off Hillgrade Road last Saturday after receiving a tip about his chop shop.

Polk undercover operation leads to 92 prostitution arrests

WINTER HAVEN, Florida -- A four day long undercover operation in Polk County landed 92 people behind bars.

Sheriff Grady Judd said 12 of the suspects were arrested as johns, 39 suspects as pimps, and 39 suspects as prostitutes, plus two individuals for tagging along. Those arrested come from as far away as California and New York, and throughout Florida.

Judd said, "This is a 4-day snap shot, one operation in one county. Think about this across the state, across the nation. It's scary."

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Polk Sheriff: 92 arrested in online prostitution bust

Winter Haven, Florida -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office says nearly 100 people have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting operation.

Deputies say a total of 92 people were arrested for offering to commit lewdness, along with other charges. The suspects allegedly responded to online ads posted by undercover detectives posing as prostitutes, or the suspects were prostitutes themselves who posted ads and came to the undercover location, offering their services.

The arrests include:

Bartow Library to celebrate Wizard of Oz author Tuesday!

Bartow, FL -- Who needs to travel over the rainbow for a little Wizard of Oz Fix?

On Tuesday, it's all about the Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! as the Bartow Public Library hosts an event in honor of the other of the Oz series, Frank L. Baum's, birthday!

Learn how Oz came to be, test your Oz knowledge, play Pin the Wings on the Monkey and try some Chocolate Witch's Hats and Melted Witch Punch.

If you're coming, you're asked to wear emerald. Okay... green will do.