Reprieve for Bartow cigar factory

(Polk County Democrat) Continued discussion of the cigar factory dominated most of the Bartow City Commissioners work session Monday, so much so that it would not be until nearly 7:30 p.m. — an entire hour beyond the designated 6:30 p.m. time slot — that the regular meeting would start. And in the end, commissioners voted to save Thompson Cigar Factory. Continued