Communication Builds Our Community
Communication Builds Our Community
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Elizabeth "Betty" Brown King passed away on April 30, 2025. She was 94 years old. Mrs. King was born June 5, 1930 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada and met the man she would marry while he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Base in Argentia, Newfoundland. Betty and Amos King would marry there on October 18th, 1947. Mrs. King would follow her bridegroom home to Alturas, Florida where she would live the rest of her life, raise an extensive family, and was widely known as the...
Sinners, a horror film directed by Ryan Coogler of Black Panther fame, stars Michael B. Jordan in a standout dual performance as twin brothers Smoke and Stack. Set during Prohibition, the story follows the brothers as they leave Chicago and return to their Mississippi hometown to open a nightclub. The film's first act unfolds over the course of a single day, building anticipation for the club's grand opening. This section is rich in character development, allowing viewers to...
A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday evening, April 29, 2025, in a two-vehicle crash near Lake Wales. Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office and members of Polk County Fire Rescue were dispatched to the crash on Mammoth Grove Road near Stokes Road at about 9:53 pm. When first responders arrived, they determined that 38-year old Justin Casey Weyburn of Lake Wales was deceased. Weyburn had been the operator of a black 2017 Harley Davidson motorcycle. The other person involv...
Researchers Cori Lausen and Maleen Mund step out of the warm spring sun and into a dimly lit workshop. The only light streams in through the doorway behind them and a few dusty windows. It's been a cool start to the season in the Lower Mainland, but some bats have already emerged from their winter hibernation. A couple dozen are roosting in cozy clusters in the rafters of this old, wood building near Hayward Lake, about 35 miles east of Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada....
Teddie Singletary, 88, passed away peacefully at home on April 24, 2025. She was born in Maitland, FL on July 16, 1936 to the late Rev. F.W "Ted" and Vicki Brocksmith. She moved to Lake Wales in 1953 where her father became the Pastor for Westside Baptist Church. She started working for Woolfolk and Myers shortly after moving to Lake Wales, then went to work for Clinton Curtis as a legal secretary for over 50 years. She retired from Peterson Myers in 2012. Teddie enjoyed FSU f...
