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A raucous end to Tuesday's city commission meeting resulted in Mayor Jack Hilligoss ordering police to clear the room after an angry crowd of more than 30 mostly older citizens objected to a proposed resolution limiting citizen comments at meetings. The group continued their protest outside the meeting chambers, singing and shouting during a five minute recess. The disruption began during commissioner comments regarding a resolution proposed by the mayor that would require cit...
Agnes Green of Lake Wales passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 at her residence. She was born July 24, 1919 in Lansing, Michigan to the late Thomas and Ivah Quiston; she moved to Lake Wales from Farmington, New Mexico in 1992. Agnes was a retired factory worker for General Motors, and she was a member of South Lake Wales Church of God. Agnes was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Green; son, Kenneth Green; and sister, Nerine Brewer. She is survived by her daughter,...
Polk County commissioners are looking for volunteers who would like to serve on the county's Lake Access Advisory Committee. The Lake Access Advisory Committee studies how to increase public access to Polk County's lakes and reports findings and recommendations back to the County Commission. The Lake Access Advisory Committee includes 10 members appointed by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. Each Commissioner appoints two members to the Committee, with staggered...
An $18.5 million bond issuance received final approval from the Lake Wales City Commission on Tuesday, completing the funding of the award-winning Lake Wales Connected project. The approval in back-to-back meetings of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the City Commission was the final step necessary for the city's bond counsel firm of Ford and Associates. It is expected that the bonds will be offered on the market almost immediately. Ford and Associates has guaranteed...
Christopher Allen Eismon of Frostproof, faces numerous criminal charges including vehicle theft, fleeing to elude, resisting an officer, trespass in a citrus grove, driving while license suspended, attaching an unassigned license plate, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was arrested following a short chase by local police. Sometime during the night of December 5th someone entered the locked city wastewater plant located at 840 Henry St...
A suspect identified by police as Trenton Shane Tillman, 25, of Lake Wales, is being sought by police after a theft of multiple weapons from a local pawn shop on Friday December 23. The theft of several firearms occurred at Loan Star Pawn,112 State Road 60 East. The suspect, was quickly identified using camera footage as the person taking the guns. Tillman frequents the Lake Wales and Winter Haven areas and is now armed with multiple firearms. Anyone with knowledge of...
A $4,000 grant from Florida's Natural Growers Foundation will support Victory Ridge Academy's School Wide Behavior Management System, school officials have announced. Victory Ridge Academy, located at 501 Burns Avenue in Lake Wales, is a Title 1 non-profit public charter school that exclusively serves children and adolescents with special needs. According to Penelope Updike, Grants/Public Relations representative, Victory Ridge Academy "recognizes the importance of...
