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UPDATE   Driver Wanted for Two Counts of DUI Manslaughter Following  Fatal Crash     Lake Wales Police have obtained an arrest warrant for 40-year-old Aljerune Brooks of Haines City on two counts of DUI Manslaughter.  The investigation confirmed Brooks was the driver of the Cadillac and he was intoxicated, well...

"On 03/10/2016 at approximately 7:37 a.m. Polk County Deputies responded to Combee Rd North in Lakeland, in reference to a suspicious vehicle parked in the reportee's yard. Deputies made contact with a white male later identified as Tad Ray Whitworth,...

Police Need Theft Suspects Identified On March 4, 2016 the two females in these photographs entered Kohl’s Department Store located at 2803 Ridge Way in Lake Wales.   According to Loss Prevention, the two females selected cosmetic and jewelry items, took the items...

  On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, PCSO Special Victims Unit detectives arrested Polk County School bus driver, 51-year-old Gale Brown of Lake Wales, and Polk County School bus attendant, 57-year-old Gwendolyn Simmons of Lake Wales, and charged each with two...

The PCSO Traffic Unit investigated a serious bodily injury crash in Lake Wales last evening. Preliminary information is as follows: Around 11:25 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2016, a Chevy Equinox belonging to 21-year-old Marley Finley of Chicago, IL, had...

Tiger’s World Boot Camp Will Kick-Start New Years Resolutions Winter Haven, FL – Tiger’s World, a boxing fitness gym in Winter Haven, is helping  you kick off  the new  year with a healthy start and keep those New Year’s Resolutions...

Lake Wales, Florida - For several months building owner Richard Carlson has been working diligently to improve his building at 251 E. Park Ave. in Lake Wales. Carlson bought the building in May of 2014 and started renovations the...

BE SWEET TO YOUR HEART THIS YEAR   Lake Wales, FL – Lake Wales Medical Center is starting the year with a focus on heart health, as the hospital’s Healthy Woman program hosts “Be Sweet to Your Heart,” on Thursday, Feb....

Ewing, Blackwelder, & Duce Insurance is an independent insurance agency that has been serving Polk County since 1984, with 6 locations around the county that are located in Lake Wales, Lakeland, Haines City, Bartow and two in Winter Haven. As...

Be sure to mark your calendars for our Second Annual Rockin' on the River Fundraiser for Autism benefiting Our Children's Academy and and Sidestreet Art Beat, Inc.  Join us for fun-filled event at Camp Mack's River Resort and Liar's...