LAKE WALES, Fla. — In a packed city commission meeting on Tuesday evening, City Manager James Slaton backpedaled his decision to remove the city's police chief. The police chief of Lake Wales was ...

Polk County has entered a legal showdown with Lake Wales over the city’s plans to greatly expand the boundaries of its Community Redevelopment Agency district. The county filed a complaint Sept. 12 in ...

Mammoth Grove Mine was approved by Polk Commission on March 17 despite a previous denial by the planning commission and opposition from nearby residents.

A public housing complex in Lake Wales will be demolished and redeveloped into affordable housing.

If it were possible, Lake Wales might attempt to trademark such descriptors as “charming” and “quaint.” Since its founding in 1911, the city in southeast Polk County has defined itself by its natural ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) – $21 million in federal tax credits is headed to Polk County to help turn the Grove Manor ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — A man was shot to death by Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies after he allegedly broke into three homes in Lake Wales. In a press conference, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — Police say several people are recovering after 17 vehicles were involved in a traffic crash in Polk County. It happened Thursday night on US-27 at Chalet Suzanne Road in Lake Wales.

LAKE WALES — The Grove Manor housing complex appeared unnaturally quiet on a recent morning. “It’s like a ghost town out here right now,” said Al Kirkland Jr., executive director of the Lake Wales ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — A man wanted after the deaths of four people inside of a Lake Wales apartment has dies after a police standoff in Sanford. Lake Wales police confirmed a man wanted after the deaths ...

SEE YOU. JIM: IN POLK COUNTY, A LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO A K-9 OFFICER WHO DIED CHASING A VIOLENT FELON AND PROTECTING FELLOW OFFICERS. SUMMER: WESH 2’S MICHELLE IMPERATO JOINS US ...