Lake Wales

Polk County deputies hope someone will come forward with information about a hit-and-run that seriously injured a 49-year-old man Saturday evening in Lake Wales.

A 49-year-old man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a car in Lake Wales Saturday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Victory Ridge Academy, a school for kids with mental and physical challenges, is kicking off a half-million-dollar fundraising campaign to fund one of the school's most basic needs: buses.

Police are investigating after someone was caught on camera stealing a Shih Tzu puppy from a Lake Wales pet store.

It's been two heartbreaking years of waiting and wondering for a Polk County family. October 28, 2017, a driver hit and killed 56-year-old Leonard Wimberly, Jr. as he was riding a bike on a Lake Wales road. 

Neither of their teams is in this year’s World Series, but the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves are the only teams that mattered for a Polk County couple.

A Plant City woman is under arrest after she allegedly crashed her ATV while drunk in Polk County, killing her passenger.

For the first time, a female Marine is being inducted into the Florida Veteran’s Hall of Fame in Tallahassee.

A Warner University football player died after collapsing during a non-contact drill in Lake Wales Tuesday.

Bok Tower Gardens is in the home stretch of a multi-million-dollar renovation, where they have been working with an internationally known design firm. Hadley Exhibits, which made works for the National September 11 Memorial Museum and the JFK Library, has now created exhibits for Bok Tower Gardens.

As Hurricane Dorian makes its way toward Florida, memories of previous storms are resurfacing among those who lived through some of the Bay area's worst hurricanes. 

Residents of Crooked Lake Park say their situation stinks.

Spook Hill, a gravity-defying phenomenon in Lake Wales, has become a historic attraction now that it has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. 

Sitting atop one of the highest points in peninsular Florida is an imposing historic landmark: The 205-foot-tall Bok Tower, constructed 90 years ago by magazine editor Edward Bok. 

You can't see it from the road, but tucked away in a remote area of Lake Wales in Polk County is a vast operation set up to protect on the state's most vital commodities: The citrus industry.