Babson Park News

BARTOW Funeral director Claude Holmes Jr. will lose his embalmer's license and will spend five years on probation after pleading no contest to an illegal dumping charge, the State Attorney's Office said Thursday.

Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. LAKELAND Four compelling stories of lives saved by people who knew CPR and applied it effectively - in places and at times they never expected - cast a highly personal flavor Friday over Citizen CPR's 24th annual award luncheon.

Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. Haines City's Festival of Trees begins Wednesday and ends Friday, running from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. daily in the Lake Eva Park Banquet Hall.

The Relay for Life of Davenport will hold its kickoff party Thursday at the Community of Faith Church, located at 9120 Teacher Lane in Davenport.

The Babson Park Women's Club will host the Harvest Moon Dance on Saturday, from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be live music by Station 6 as well as old rock 'n' roll dance music.

The Frostproof Rotary Club has given dictionaries to all fifth-graders at Babson Park Elementary School.

The American Association of University Women will honor its new members during a coffee event, which will be held at 9:30 a.m. Nov.

Isabel Wadsworth, a student at Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary School, left, was named a Kiwanis Terrific Kid.

Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 1:47 a.m. BABSON PARK - There's a small town in southeastern Polk County that almost sounds as though it might have an identity crisis - until you hear the story about it.

It's a kid's wish come true when "Aladdin" is conjured up from a magical oil lamp at Lake Wales Little Theater this month.

Published: Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 2:08 a.m. The first Super Gnat Assembly of the 2009-2010 school year for Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary School was held Aug.

Published: Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 8:56 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 7, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. LAKELAND At 22 and not yet out of college, Michael Floyd felt lucky to have a job.

Polk County deputies have arrested three people in connection with a murder investigation.

Published: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:34 p.m. BARTOW Derek Pope was behind bars when his 17-year-old live-in girlfriend was stabbed and beaten to death.

Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. BARTOW When a video camera was rolling, Eric Rodriguez denied taking part in the brutal slaying of 17-year-old Angelia Headrick.

Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. BARTOW When a video camera was rolling, Eric Rodriguez denied taking part in the brutal slaying of 17-year-old Angelia Headrick.

Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. BARTOW When a video camera was rolling, Eric Rodriguez denied taking part in the brutal slaying of 17-year-old Angelia Headrick.

The sometimes sleepy little Sebring in Central Florida is more than just a one-track town, but it does host the greatest sports car race in the country -- the 12 Hours of Sebring every March since the Sebring International Raceway was opened in 1952.

As officials with the Lake Wales Charter School System try to balance the budgets of all six schools this year, they're also considering ways to make up for past deficits.

BARTOW A 26-year-old Lake Wales man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for his part in the stabbing and beating death of 17-year-old Angelia Headrick.