Florida isn’t just about theme parks and sandy beaches, there’s a wonderfully weird side waiting to be explored. From mermaids swimming in crystal-clear springs to gravity-defying hills and gigantic ...

A man has turned himself in to the Lake Wales Police Department after a deadly shooting in the Polk County city on Tuesday.Officers responded to the area of South Ninth Street and Columbia Avenue ...

A developer has scaled back the Lake Wales Commons project after a state review. The plan was revised to reduce housing units and commercial space to avoid a more extensive state review. The project ...

Lake Wales defeated New Smyrna Beach 38-3 in the Region 2-4A quarterfinals. Lake Wales took a 14-0 lead in the second quarter and never trailed in the game. New Smyrna Beach's season concluded with an ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — On Thursday, about 40 volunteers participated in a cleanup on Melton Hill Lake as part of CNN’s "Call to Earth Day" and removed 1,878 pounds of trash. "Call to Earth Day" is an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) — The owner of a Lake Wales dry cleaning business was arrested over the weekend after police said he ...

“It’s this forgotten part of pop culture. A total vintage throwback thing.” Zabrecky says. “It combines a grand guignol magic show, some sort of incident where a ghost gets loose and a classic horror ...

Investigators say the man found Friday in the water at Copper Creek Lake in Pleasant Hill has died. A local fisherman told KCCI that he found a dog wandering by itself near the area where he and his ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) — The Lake Wales Police Department has released video showing one of its officers and his K-9 partner getting dragged through a parking lot by a driver who officials said was ...

A woman was found dead in a lake in Pulaski County on Tuesday evening, the county sheriff's office reported. The sheriff's office Water Patrol Unit went to Hill Lake about 5:30 p.m. and recovered the ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — Lake Wales is set to become the first city in Polk County to create an “Arts, Culture and Entertainment District” allowing people to stroll through part of downtown with an ...

City leaders hope it will help revitalize the historic downtown by drawing more visitors and boosting local businesses. French actress and style icon Brigitte Bardot dies at 91 Five imminent Supreme ...