Three rail crossings on the west side of Lake Wales will be closed for repairs to the grades, although CSX has predicted that ...

Polk County’s Health and Human Services Division partnered with Polk Vision to host the second annual Conversations in Behavioral Health Summit on Thursday. More than 230 parents, mental health ...

AdventHealth Lake Wales has been awarded an "A" Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding ...

A daring daylight robbery of an 11-year-old child participating in a school fundraiser resulted in the arrest of a Davenport ...

A Dundee man who was attempting to cross County Road 542 in Dundee was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday,. The incident ...

Sinners, a horror film directed by Ryan Coogler of Black Panther fame, stars Michael B. Jordan in a standout dual performance ...

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday evening, April 29, 2025, in a two-vehicle crash near Lake Wales. Deputies from the Polk ...

A new hotel and a possible new manufacturing and distribution facility are among anticipated developments at Longleaf Business Park, located on US 27 two miles south of SR 60 in Lake Wales.

Researchers Cori Lausen and Maleen Mund step out of the warm spring sun and into a dimly lit workshop. The only light streams in through the doorway behind them and a few dusty windows. It's been a ...