Babson Park News

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. Alliance for Independence presented the 34th annual Sunshine Chorus Concert recently at First Presbyterian Church in Lakeland.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 1:42 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 1:42 a.m. BARTOW A group of people will begin meeting this summer to determine what kinds of changes, if any, should be proposed in the way Polk County is governed.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:47 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:47 p.m. The Polk County Growth Management Department will host a public meeting to discuss the Southeast Polk Selected Area Study Existing Conditions Analysis on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be at Webber International University's Rex Yentes ...

Courtney Jacobs, a fifth-grade student at Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary, headed to the countywide 4-H Tropicana Public Speaking Contest after winning her school's annual competition.

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. BABSON PARK The Polk County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit is searching for a missing man in Crooked Lake, just west of Babson Park.

Crews with the Polk County Sheriff's Marine Unit are looking for a man who fell off a boat while fishing on Crooked Lake in Babson Park Sunday afternoon.

Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel were at Crooked Lake Sunday night, looking for a fisherman who apparently had a seizure on a boat and fell into the lake.

The Webber International University women's soccer team is holding a golf tournament June 20 at the Turtle Run course at Sun'n Lake Country Club in Sebring.

About 100 kindergarten students were introduced to nature during a recent field trip.

Most of them put their lives on the line daily to serve and protect Polk County residents, while others give unselfishly in paid and unpaid public safety support roles.

Published: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 12:47 a.m. Three college graduation ceremonies are on tap today in Polk County and two more are scheduled next week.

Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. When the NFL Draft takes place the weekend of April 25, there is little doubt local products Cornelius Ingram and Bruce Johnson will be chosen.

Published: Monday, April 13, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 13, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. BABSON PARK Polk County Sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in solving several residential burglaries of dormitory rooms at Webber International University, 1201 N. Scenic Highway, Babson Park.

The incorporated community of Hillcrest Heights is only 100 acres in size and 256 in population, but that's just fine with the people who live there.

Highland Park, nestled atop the East Polk County Ridge along a portion of State Road 17, has the distinction of being the county's smallest municipality.

Kindergarten Roundup for Lake Wales Charter Schools will be the week of April 23.

Polk County got sporadic rainfall Sunday, a National Weather Service official said.

Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. BARTOW A Circuit Court jury rejected a claim of self-defense and found a 38-year-old Lake Wales man guilty Thursday of manslaughter in a fatal shooting.

Published: Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. The critically acclaimed Lake Wales Art Show, with more than 100 artists, is scheduled for Saturday and next Sunday.

The Babson Park Woman's Club will host a guest speaker from the West Central Florida Agency on Aging at its monthly meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at the clubhouse.