Lake Wales City Manager James Slaton said he hopes to reach a deal with a company to redevelop the historic Walesbilt Hotel ...

Napoleon Pelletier, a French Canadian, led the founding of St. Anne Shrine in the 1920s, and remnants of the Catholic enclave ...

City leaders have agreed to pay a developer $450,000 to relinquish ownership of the Walesbilt Hotel in downtown Lake Wales.

LAKE WALES, Fla. — The City of Lake Wales is taking back ownership of a historic downtown hotel that has been the subject of a legal battle. Robert Connors opened The Thirsty Dragon in downtown ...

Scenic Highway between Stuart Avenue and East Orange Avenue in Lake Wales will be closed ... routing traffic through the downtown historic district. Motorists will be directed to exit Scenic ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — The city of Lake Wales is taking decisive action to reclaim its historic Walesbilt Hotel, voting to buy back the long-vacant landmark for $450,000 in a move city leaders hope ...

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 ...

The St. Anne Shrine, once a thriving community near Lake Wales, Florida ... There is no marker along State Road 60 to indicate a historic site, though some drivers might notice the green sign ...