Cypress Gardens visitors walk under the giant canopy of a banyan tree in 2005. It was planted by park founder Dick Pope in 1936.

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:39 a.m. Lake Wales police are looking for two suspects in a shooting Friday.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. News Chief staff report LAKE WALES - Lake Wales police are investigating a Friday shooting that put a man in the hospital with at least two gunshot wounds.

The Lake Wales Music Club will present a program of American music at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at Frostproof United Methodist Church, 150 Devane St.

Lake Wales may decide to apply for a state grant to renovate part of the Hardman Complex, but the grant amount would only be a drop in the bucket for needed repairs.

At Tuesday night's City Commission meeting in Lake Wales, Mayor Jack Van Sickle commented on the new signs reducing the speed limit along Thompson Nursery Road near Lake Ashton to 45 mph.

Police have identified a truck driver who died Monday when his rig left State Road 60 East and struck a tree.

Lake Wales police have released several controversial videos showing a confrontation between officers and an angry crowd that gathered after a routine traffic stop over the weekend.

At a workshop Wednesday, the Lake Wales City Commission discussed plans for about $1.3 million in extra funds in the Community Redevelopment Agency's budget, including a police substation on Lincoln Avenue and a fix for a water tank built 15 feet too short.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:44 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:44 p.m. LAKE WALES For leaders in the predominantly minority northwest area of Lake Wales, three questions remain after Saturday's melee following a traffic stop: Why did a Lake Wales police officer kick a suspect after he was on the ground and ...

State officials in Florida are having trouble determining how many buildings the state owns and where they are, according to a report in The Palm Beach Post .

Lake Wales is gearing up for an action-packed weekend with the first-ever "Rumble on the Ridge: A Salute to Veterans" this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

What began as a traffic stop Saturday afternoon escalated into a violent struggle with police and profane and threatening shouts from a large crowd of angry bystanders, Lake Wales police reported.

A traffic stop in Lake Wales for tinted windows turned into an angry confrontation between police, deputies, state troopers and as many as 100 bystanders.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. LAKE WALES Two men are in jail and three are being sought after a traffic stop over window tinting Saturday escalated into an incident that drew an unruly crowd of up to 100 people and officers from three agencies.

Two Lake Wales men were arrested Wednesday after a search warrant exposed the illegal sale of drugs.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:19 a.m. WHAT: "Frank's Life," performed by Lake Wales Little Theatre Standing left, Maryemma Bachelder as Shelly and Denny Wittman.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. LAKE WALES Residents angry about the condition of the city-owned cemetery gave Lake Wales commissioners a tongue lashing last month.

Dozens of people lined up for free swine flu shots this morning at Lake Wales Medical Center, but it wasn't a normal scene at the hospital.

The Lake Wales Public Library is now taking food for fines through Dec. 19, during the holiday season.