Lake Wales News

Lake Wales is gearing up for an action-packed weekend with the first-ever "Rumble on the Ridge: A Salute to Veterans" this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

What began as a traffic stop Saturday afternoon escalated into a violent struggle with police and profane and threatening shouts from a large crowd of angry bystanders, Lake Wales police reported.

A traffic stop in Lake Wales for tinted windows turned into an angry confrontation between police, deputies, state troopers and as many as 100 bystanders.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. LAKE WALES Two men are in jail and three are being sought after a traffic stop over window tinting Saturday escalated into an incident that drew an unruly crowd of up to 100 people and officers from three agencies.

Two Lake Wales men were arrested Wednesday after a search warrant exposed the illegal sale of drugs.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:19 a.m. WHAT: "Frank's Life," performed by Lake Wales Little Theatre Standing left, Maryemma Bachelder as Shelly and Denny Wittman.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. LAKE WALES Residents angry about the condition of the city-owned cemetery gave Lake Wales commissioners a tongue lashing last month.

Dozens of people lined up for free swine flu shots this morning at Lake Wales Medical Center, but it wasn't a normal scene at the hospital.

The Lake Wales Public Library is now taking food for fines through Dec. 19, during the holiday season.

Laura Beatty of Lake Wales is showing her work in an exhibit, "The Big Picture Book," through November in Polk State College's Fine Arts Gallery on the Winter Haven campus.

The number of students taking classes at Polk State College continued to grow this fall, its first full semester with its new name.

Sometimes normal, average, everyday lives can turn into what feels like a soap opera.

Shortage averted; Bok and Roosevelt academies' doses had been delayed. Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:06 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6:05 a.m. LAKE WALES Lake Wales Medical Center donated 400 doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine to two local schools Wednesday to prevent them from having to delay getting their students ...

A Lake Wales man was arrested Thursday after allegedly robbing a business at gunpoint and leading police officers on a vehicle chase that ended in Bartow.

Dr. William Hardman had to travel away from Lake Wales several times while pursuing his career, but his heart never left his hometown.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 5:48 a.m. What's a stumped Ledger columnist to do when Lake Wales Pioneer Days comes around and she can't think of an appropriate column? Simple: Try stumping her readers.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:16 a.m. LAKE WALES - Pioneer Days are back again in Lake Wales with the 32nd annual festival to celebrate the city's history.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:27 p.m. In a black shirt printed with bright red flames, wearing an Indiana Jones-style fedora and sporting a handlebar moustache, John Bailey will certainly make an impression at this weekend's Pioneer Days festival in Lake Wales.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:21 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:21 a.m. LAKE WALES Lake Wales is putting Hardman Hall into mothballs.

Pioneer Days are back again in Lake Wales with the 32nd annual festival to celebrate the city's history.