On March 12, 2021, after a several month long investigation, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Fraud detectives arrested 40-year-old Laura Pollard Ramos of Winter Haven, who is a Dundee Ridge Middle Academy teacher, for: · Grand theft of a person over 65 years of age (F2) · Scheming to defraud over $50,000 (F1)…
Polk County Public Schools Announces 2017 Teacher of the Year, School-Related Employee of the Year Lois Horn-Diaz, a gifted teacher at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary in Lakeland, was announced as the 2017 Polk County Teacher of the Year on Wednesday night. Maureen English, a guidance secretary at Dundee Ridge Middle…
Downtown Winter Haven Lights Up The Night For 7th Year by James Coulter Hundreds of feet ran, jogged, walked, and peddled their way through a newly-renovated Downtown Winter Haven during the seventh annual Light Up The Night 5K on Friday evening. More than 300 local residents participated during this…
UPDATE: 13-year-old Juan Mena has been released from the hospital. We are grateful that he will recover from the serious injuries he received in a crash Thursday night, when he and his friends were struck by DUI suspect John Camfield. All of the families affected during this horrific event…