Lake Wales

Lake Wales, Fla. (September 7, 2023) – Beginning mid-September 2023, citizens in the historic core of Lake Wales will have access to more transportation. City staff is partnering with local area transit provider Citrus Connection to connect people to food...

Sheriff Grady Judd briefed the media at 5:30 pm regarding a double murder suicide. The suspect Brandy Hutchins allegedly killed her 10 Yr old son and then her 19 Yr old daughter, before turning the gun on herself and...

The Haines City Police Department has arrested Iaashe Lamont, DOB: 12/15/1982 of Lake Wales, on DUI charges. The arrest stems from an incident on August 19th. The following is an unedited and unredacted account of facts by the...

Lake Wales Police arrest Benjamin Furman, DOB 4/4/1980, and have charged him with 2nd Degree attempted murder. According to a written affidavit by the LWPD Furman is accused of slashing another man with a box cutter on 8/19/2023. According...

Polk County Sheriff's deputies arrested 20-year-old Coleden Snowden of Babson Park, charging him with vehicular manslaughter, a second degree felony, after an extensive investigation and reconstruction of the crash indicated he operated his vehicle in willful wanton disregard for human life,...

by James Coulter The City of Lake Wales is one step closer to improving the inflow and infiltration of its wastewater system now that City Commissioners have voted on an ordinance to approve applying for state funds to help finance...

Lake Wales, Fla. (August 10, 2023) – City Manager James Slaton announced plans for the City to assume operations of the City’s Family Recreation Center after the West Central Florida YMCA departs in October. New state of the art gym...

by James Coulter With the school undergoing expansion, Victory Ridge Academy will be able to facilitate more students, which means it will need to increase measures to ensure their health and safety. Fortunately, the school is better prepared to handle...

Lake Wales Police and Polk County Sheriff's Detectives are investigating two shootings that happened hours apart in the Lake Wales Housing Authority Grove Manor complexyesterday evening leaving two men dead. The first shooting occurred around 8:00PM at 303 N....

64 New Homes May Come to Lake Wales Now That City Commission Approved First Reading of Residential PDP by James Coulter Nearly 64 new residential units may be built in Lake Wales now that the City Commission has approved the first...