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New bus routes added to serve underserved community, Lake Wales Circulator

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...

Mother Appears To Have Murdered Two Children & Herself In Waverly

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...

Lake Wales Woman Charged With DUI By Haines City Police

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 Charge Man With Attempted Murder In Knife Slashing Assault

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...

Babson Park Young Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter

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,...

City of Lake Wales Approves State Funds Application for City Project Renovating City Wastewater System

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 YMCA To Become City Of Lake Wales Family Recreation Center With Improvements Planned

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...

Victory Ridge Academy Receives AED Donated by Culpepper Cardiac Foundation

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...

Two Lake Wales Men Killed In Separate Shootings Late Sunday Night

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

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...
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10-Year-Old Frostproof Girl Needs Kidney Transplant due to Rare Disease

by James Coulter Jessica Wilson will be turning 10 on Sep. 13. This young Frostproof girl loves science and math,...
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