BARTOW - Business owners in Polk County have until Tuesday, October 1, 2024, to renew their annual Business Tax Receipt (BTR) before becoming delinquent and owing...
FWC: The new rules establish Bear Hunting Zones within four of the seven existing Bear Management Units. One hundred eighty-seven permits will be issued...
Bernie John Jackson, Jr., 85
Bernie John Jackson of Lakeland passed away Sunday, June 29, 2025 at Lakeland Hospice House.
He was born January 11, 1940...
FWC - At this week’s Commission meeting in Belle Glade, Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to approve proposed...
Samuel “Mark” Crissman, 73
Samuel “Mark” Crissman of Lake Wales passed away Friday, January 17, 2025 at AdventHealth Lake Wales.
He was born December 17, 1951...
Lake Wales, Florida – The owner of a Lake Wales dry cleaning business was arrested Saturday after threatening a customer and striking a female police...
by James Coulter
The City of Lake Wales has narrowed its selection of potential developers for the Historic Walesbilt Hotel restoration to two applicants.
At their meeting...
Lake Wales Police Department Press Release
On Thursday, June 16, 2022 at approximately 10:02 p.m., Sergeant Andrew Brown was patrolling Scenic Bluff, a new Highland Homes housing development under construction in Lake Wales at the...