Lake Alfred News

The Central Florida Regional Planning Council got the endorsement it needed. With a 5-0 vote on Wednesday, the County Commission endorsed a resolution to adopt a development order for Polk Commerce Centre.

A Lake Alfred woman has received clear title to a disputed Oak Grove Cemetery plot and $30,000 to settle her lawsuit with the city.

The city of Lake Alfred will unveil the Mackay Estates Trail on Nov. 14 and see it added to Polk County's Trek Ten trail program.

Signups for Christmas food baskets will take place at the Auburndale Relief Office, at 905 Charles Ave., at several scheduled times in November and early December.

Shane West doesn't mind going to work every morning, and as a matter of fact, he looks forward to it.

The annual fall festival of First United Methodist Church in Lake Alfred will take place Nov.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:32 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:32 a.m. Q: I live on Old Polk City Road, north of Lake Alfred.

Standing in the heart of citrus country, where the trees are just beginning to yield the baseball-sized fruit that is Florida's signature crop, it's natural to thirst for a cold glass of orange juice.

Sugar Belle -- a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market -- will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production.

Robert Lopez Jr., 18, a member of the Auburndale High School wrestling team and the youth group at Lake Alfred Methodist Church, was walking home to South Char Mill Road in Lake Alfred on Monday evening.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 2:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6:08 p.m. AUBURNDALE No one had a better brother, 10-year-old twins Crystal and Jasmine Galindo said Tuesday.

Bryan Sneed is taking the death of his classmate and friend, 18 year old Robert Lopez Jr., hard.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 2:32 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 3:43 a.m. The Lake Alfred Police Department reported these criminal activities from Oct.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a train hit a pedestrian Monday night in Auburndale.

Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 9:39 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. LAKELAND Temperatures hit a record low in Lakeland overnight, according to preliminary numbers from the National Weather Service in Ruskin.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:08 p.m. It's not too early to start thinking about holiday gifts, especially when it comes to donating a gift shoebox for poverty-stricken children through Operation Christmas Child.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:55 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:55 p.m. BARTOW Circuit Judge J. Michael Hunter agreed Friday to reschedule trial dates so Leon Davis' lawyer could have more time to prepare the cases.

8:25 am: I-75: SR-52 off ramp - accident - Florida Highway Patrol on the scene. -Fowler Av: at Gillette Av - accident - Florida Highway Patrol on the scene.

Signups for Auburndale Youth Basketball start Oct. 17 at Tracy McGrady Gymnasium.

Lake Alfred resident Bob Williams wanted to do something to help out his city's police department, but didn't know exactly what he could do.