Travis Technical College News Today

Winter Haven teenager who attended Travis Technical College died Friday in a two car crash in unincorporated Bartow.

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.

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.

Karen Tyree, a Gadsden native, will lead the program, which will offer its first training program with its first cohort of students in the spring.

By wide margins, book review committees approved Its Perfectly Normal and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close for high schools and middle schools.

Over in Polk, the men and women of the Fleet Management Division repair and maintain more than 2,400 vehicles and equipment to literally keep the county rolling.