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Articles from the July 6, 2022 edition


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  • Evergreen Property Will Be Restricted to Single Family Homes, Duplexes

    Robert Connors, Managing Editor|Updated Jul 7, 2022

    After a brief discussion Tuesday, Lake Wales City Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Board and city staff to designate a recently-annexed parcel on Evergreen Road as low density residential (LDR) and an R-2 zoning, restricting it to single-family homes and duplexes. The parcel of approximately eight acres will be allowed to host up to 40 units. Pastor Michael Blare of property owner Trinity Baptist Church had originally...

  • City Commission Approves Commercial Use for South 11th Street

    Robert Connors, Managing Editor|Updated Jul 7, 2022

    A "Neighborhood Activity Center" along South 11th Street at Hunt Brothers Road moved a major step toward reality this week as the Lake Wales City Commission unanimously approved changing land use on the 13.66 acre parcel at the northwest corner of the intersection. The property now has a zoning designation of C-4. . The property, owned by the McKenna family, has long been in citrus, as has more than a thousand acres of surrounding lands now slated for future housing...

  • Railroad Corridor Landscaping to Enhance "Garden City" Effort

    Robert Connors, Managing Editor|Updated Jul 7, 2022

    Scenic Highway's passage through downtown Lake Wales will quite a bit more scenic upon completion of new efforts planned by city staff. Plans to add multiple new shade trees, shrubs, flowering plants and fencing are moving forward under the terms of a new lease between the City of Lake Wales and Florida Midland Railroad. The railroad owns a highly-visible corridor through the center of town which already hosts a number of buildings associated with the Lake Wales History...

  • Helen Marie O'Donnell, 1928-2022

    Updated Jul 7, 2022

    Helen Marie O'Donnell, age 93, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022. She was born August 24, 1928 in Lake Hamilton, FL to W.E. & Bertie Slocumb, Marie was a Nurses Aide for 20 years at Lake Wales Hospital. She was a member of Ridge Community Church of God in Dundee. She was a talented seamstress. Helen was preceded in death by her two husband Ray Summers & Jim O'Donnell, two brothers Bud Slocumb & Corky Slocumb and three sisters Earlene Parrish, Jean Williams & Evelyn Dorsey....

  • Rains Are Producing More Fishing Action

    Charlie Wynperle, Fishing Expert|Updated Jul 5, 2022

    For the best local fishing action head to Lake Walk-in-the-Water, where bank fishermen are catching limits of bluegill and shell crackers from the Indian Lake canals. Lake levels coming finally up and bass are more active both early and late. Throw a Whopper Plopper in bluegill around any isolated cover. On Lake Kissimmee fishers are still catching shell crackers in the lily pads near Gobbler Ridge, around Lemon Point, and Bird Island, mostly on red worms. Lots of recent rain...

  • Police Seek Shooter Still at Large

    Robert Connors, Managing Editor|Updated Jul 5, 2022

    A shooting in a parking lot has left one victim with wounds and a suspect on the run. Lake Wales police officers responded to the mid-evening call from the Lake Wales Garden Apartments. Officers found one victim with gunshot wounds and witnesses who identified the suspected shooter as Aaron Devon Garrison of Bartow. Officers learned Garrison, 27, shot the victim in the parking lot after arguing arguing with a person upstairs. After that altercation Garrison walked downstairs...