Lake Wales, Florida, commissioners will vote on annexing 1,202 acres for a new development. The Stoneridge project proposes nearly 3,000 new homes, along with industrial and mixed-use space.

Richland Communities purchased 4,158 acres southwest of Lake Wales, Florida, for $50 million. The purchased land, previously 5R Ranch, currently has a rural agricultural land use designation.

Polk Avenue Elementary School is a charter school located in Lake Wales, FL, which is in a mid-size suburb setting. The student population of Polk Avenue Elementary School is 531 and the school ...

The St. Anne Shrine, once a thriving community near Lake Wales, Florida, now exists only in fragments. Founded in the 1920s by French Canadian Napoleon Pelletier, the shrine drew hundreds of ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — An alligator attacked and killed a woman on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The attack occurred near the mouth of Tiger Creek into Lake ...

University of Florida basketball national champion, Walter Clayton Jr., is slated to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Albert Kirkland Gymnasium in Lake Wales on Friday, at 5:15 p.m ...

The Vanguard Knights hosted The Lake Wales Highlanders at Booster Stadium in Ocala, FL on Friday, November 22, 2024. [Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner] / Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner / USA TODAY ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Four Lake Wales High School students were on a college tour at Florida State University Thursday when an active shooter situation unfolded, officials confirmed.

“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around ...

St. Anne Shrine east of Lake Wales Fl. Wednesday July 17 2024. Ernst Peters/The Ledger A moat, now dry, partly encircles the grotto. A footbridge crosses over the moat, constructed from pieces of ...