Restoration St. Louis and the City of Lake Wales are continuing to negotiate the complex details of a contract expected to ...

Construction of a proposed toll highway through eastern Polk County will avoid direct impacts to the Lake Wales Area under a ...

Construction of a proposed toll highway through eastern Polk County will avoid direct impacts to the Lake Wales Area under a new design released this week by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. After ...

A "business incubator" operating under a three-year, $1.2 million contract approved by the Lake Wales City Commission appears to be operating in violation of several laws, a five-month-long ...

The former CEO of the East Polk Association of Realtors has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $81,000 from the association, which is based in Winter Haven. Jennifer Garula-Mers is ...

Years of planning and dreaming bore fruit Thursday as the Lake Wales Charter Schools cut the ribbon on the fully restored 1919 classroom building that will now serve the 739 students in grades 6 ...

Most people might skydive once to check it off their bucket list. Kim Knorr, 86, has made it her life's mission to reach 1,000 jumps. On Thursday she achieved that extraordinary milestone, earning the ...

Medical services offered in Lake Wales continue to improve, and this week marked the official opening of a new heart care office, part of the expansion of AdventHealth in Polk County. The new office ...

Certain Florida college students still have time to apply for one of three $1,200 scholarships to be awarded by the Florida Supervisors of Elections to Florida college students in 2025. Interested ...

A proposal for a major new mining operation on 855 acres just east of Lake Wales is scheduled to be heard by the Polk County Planning Commission on Wednesday morning. Neighboring residents are upset ...

The future of the historic Lake Wales Country Club is very much in question after the abrupt rejection of an attempt by current owners to have it annexed into the City of Lake Wales. Commissioners ...

Accessing Warner University and the surrounding area will be a bit more complicated for drivers for the next several weeks as crews from the Florida Department of Transportation have closed ...