A year-long, multi-agency investigation dubbed "Capital City Crackdown" has resulted in the arrest of 32 individuals and the ...

Rick Nolte, a community leader and District 3 member of the Polk County Public Schools School Board, died Wednesday after an ...

Polk County Public Schools will host a series of "town hall" meetings to consider options that will set new attendance ...

Public Works employees were recently recognized with two state awards from the Florida Rural Water Association (FRWA) for ...

In a move that will transform the south side of Lake Wales, city commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved the annexation ...

A Bartow man who has been in the Polk County Jail since last year is now facing new charges after he was was indicted by a ...

AdventHealth Lake Wales employees are helping students at Spook Hill Elementary start the new school year with a large ...

Bok Academy North Middle FFA has been named a national finalist this year for the Premier Chapter: Growing Leaders. Only 10 ...

A relatively quiet start to the 2025 hurricane season may have lulled Floridians into a false sense of security, but that may end abruptly by late next week as the season grinds toward its ...

LakeWalesNews.net archives search page2 Thousands of copies of a political tract containing what many would consider virulent anti-American propaganda have been delivered to the offices of the Lake ...

LakeWalesNews.net archives search pageJohn Baldwin Eleazer, 1949-2025 News Obituary Service | Updated Aug 4, 2025 Retired USAF Technical Sergeant John Baldwin Eleazer of Lake Wales, Florida, went home ...

Two finalists have emerged from a list of four applications submitted by firms interested in redeveloping the Walesbilt Hotel in response to the Request for Qualifications issued by City of Lake Wales ...