Lake Wales News

A search for a man suspected in the death of Alicia Nicole McDonald, 22, of 928 Sunshine Way SW in Winter Haven, ended at about 3 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.

Despite the fact that a number of businesses no longer are in operation, for the most part downtown Lake Wales is still attractive, according to City Manager Terry Leary.

Cars slowed and drivers looked long and hard at Gloria Helfrich's house Thursday as they drove by.

PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER Polk County Commissioner Bob English had the honor of presenting the proclamation declaring Feb.

A group of "concerned citizens, their families and their children of Lake Wales and surrounding areas" are traveling on their knees to help their undocumented fellow man and their families, according to Santos de la Rosa, one of the coordinators.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL WILSON Jasper Smiddie, 19 , takes the oath as he makes his first appearance before County Judge Mary Catherine Green from the Polk County Jail Annex in Bartow Thursday.

Statewide attention turned towards Highlands County on Thursday after the Sheriff's Office apprehended a 20-year-man accused of brutally murdering his grandmother.

New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire will miss the next three games and won't return to the team until Monday due to personal reasons.

Police report that on Friday, Feb. 3, at about 8:35 a.m., a Lake Wales city employee found a small plastic bag containing numerous baggies and a brown leafy substance inside a city owned trash receptacle on D Street.

Lake Wales resident Lori Cunningham plans to run for re-election to the Polk County School Board, District 2, which comprises Lake Wales, Haines City, and Dundee.

The boyfriend of Alicia McDonald, the 22-year-old Winter Haven woman found murdered in her car , was taken into custody by police Wednesday morning.

SEBRING Highlands County Sheriff's deputies located Jasper Aristotle Smiddie, 19, of 4890 Wales St., in Lake Wales, coming out of an abandoned home about 11 a.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of his girlfriend's parents' house in Sebring.

LAKE WALES, FLa.A - The Statewide man hunt for the man wanted in connection with the death of his Lake Wales grandmother has ended with an arrest.

Charles D. "Papa Chuck" Daly, 81, of Lake Wales peacefully passed away Tuesday, Feb.

A group of "concerned citizens, their families and their children of Lake Wales and surrounding areas" are traveling on their knees to help their undocumented fellow man and their families, according to Santos de la Rosa, one of the coordinators.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's is investigating the murders of two women who were found dead early Tuesday morning and say the cases are not related.

Polk County deputies are asking for the public's help in finding out who shot and killed two Brahman bulls recently.

Lake Wales, Florida -- Polk County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the grandson of a Lake Wales woman found dead in her home Tuesday morning.

Deputies checking on the residents of a Lake Wales home this morning discovered a woman's body, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office is investigating the death as a homicide.The woman's body was found about 7:40 a.m. inside the home at 4890 Wales St.The sheriff's office has not...

Florida Highway Patrol officials say 35-year-old Hazell Stoudemire was driving his 2007 Cadillac Escalade at a high rate of speed at around 1:42 a.m. when he hit the truck.