The Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties Inc. held its annual meeting on May 28 at the Lake Wales Country Club. Approximately 125 people were in attendance. ...more

July 31, 2009

Progress Energy Florida's customers will get a chance to comment on a proposed $500 million annual rate increase at a series of public hearings. ...more

July 2, 2009

Winter Haven police charged a 16-year-old boy in a shooting that left a 40-year-old Plant City man seriously wounded. ...more

July 1, 2009

After a search that lasted more than five hours, authorities found a Polk County fisherman who had a seizure on Sunday afternoon, fell into about 15 feet of water and apparently drowned. ...more

June 7, 2009

May 31, Adult/Child Classic at Sun N' Lake, 1 p.m. June 6-7, 40th annual Bagwell tournament at River Greens, TBA** ...more

May 25, 2009

A second defendant charged in the 2007 murder of Bryan "Red" Fanning now has an October trial date. ...more

May 22, 2009

In the regional semifinals for the third consecutive year, Sebring faced Lake Wales Friday night. ...more

May 9, 2009

The Sebring baseball team held on with the tying run at the plate on Tuesday night to escape Bartow with a 7-4 victory and a third straight trip to the Class 4A regional semifinals. The Streaks, District 10 runners-up, will hit the road once again to face Lake Wales at 7 p.m. on Friday. The Highlanders knocked off D10 champion Braden River 1-0 on Tuesday night. ...more

May 5, 2009

A small plane carrying two people has crashed in Lake Wales, authorities say. ...more

April 24, 2009

General Growth Properties Inc., corporate owner of Eagle Ridge Mall in Lake Wales, Lakeland Square, and UniversityMall in Tampa, is bankrupt. ...more

April 19, 2009