Lake Wales will not seek a new police chief after all. A week after announcing the planned firing of Chief Chris Velasquez, Lake Wales City Manager James Slaton announced at Tuesday night’s City ...

Lake Wales City Manager James Slaton plans to replace Police Chief Christopher Velasquez, citing concerns about favoritism and a lack of transparency. In a memo sent to Velasquez on Monday, Slaton ...

The developer of the Lake Wales Commons project is reducing density and intensity to avoid meeting the threshold for a regional development.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Polk County deputies arrested a Lake Wales city commissioner Thursday for allegedly removing an 11-year-old boy from his home without permission and threatening him with a ...

It appears that Lake Wales is not in danger of losing its city manager after all. James Slaton, the city manager since 2020, has applied for the same position with at least three other cities in ...

Nearly two years after her suspension from the Lake Wales City Commission, Kris Fitzgerald has been returned to office. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an order Wednesday reinstating Fitzgerald, whom ...

LAKE WALES — Cheryl Brannan and Sue Polzin decided on a trip to downtown Lake Wales on Wednesday from their homes in Saddlebag Lake Resort, a community a few miles east of town. As they stood in ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — The removal of Lake Wales' LGBTQ Pride Month proclamation was a hot topic at a Tuesday night city commission meeting. In previous years, the Lake Wales City Commission has regularly ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) — The Lake Wales City Commission approved a signed agreement Tuesday evening that will return ownership of the historic Dixie Walesbilt Hotel to the city. The hotel, which ...

With “Welcome to Wrexham” landing the North Wales city on the international radar, what else is hiding among the region’s more famous scenic draws? Quite a lot. The River Dee flows through Llangollen, ...