POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Lake Wales police have released a composite sketch of a man seen leaving the JCPenney store at Eagle Ridge Mall right before two marine flares were ignited there on Sunday, ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — The FBI says they are working with the Lake Wales Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff's Office to investigate reports of explosions at a Lake Wales mall on Sunday night.

A Florida mall was evacuated Sunday evening after two improvised explosive devices were detonated inside a service corridor. According to ABC News, the blast from the IEDs caused damage to a drop ...

One new chain restaurant recently opened in Lake Wales, and another is on the way. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers built a freestanding eatery at 23525 U.S. 27 N., across from the Eagle Ridge ...