POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Mark Edward Spradley, 57, of Lake Wales, was arrested on Friday, January 31st, by the Polk County Sheriff ...

Lake Wales’ Alicia Vargas was the big performer from Polk County as the only girls weightlifter to win titles in her respective weight class in both Traditional and Olympic at last week’s region meets ...

A Lake Wales man who has been arrested 23 times was taken into custody again on Friday, according to Lake Wales Police.

A head-on crash near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

Prosecutors have added about 30 counts of money laundering to the charges against Jason Penrod, a former Lake Wales lawyer arrested in September and accused of stealing from a client's trust fund.

(WFLA) — A 60-year old substitute teacher is being held on $35,000 bond after being accused of showing explicit pictures of herself to her elementary school students in Lake Wales. Gayle Wessel ...

The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved.

At the encouragement of her friend Kayden Arliss, The Ledger’s 2023 Girls Weightlifter of The Year, Majesta Arnold joined the Lake Wales girls weightlifting team that year. Little did she know ...

Wales hooker Dewi Lake has signed a new contract to stay at Ospreys. Lake, 25, joins Ospreys and Wales captain Jac Morgan in ...

Prosecutors have added about 30 counts of money laundering to the charges against Jason Penrod, a former Lake Wales lawyer arrested in September and accused of stealing from a client's trust fund.