LakeWalesNews.net - Hometown stories that count from people who care

Wow! It's hard to believe our Lake Wales online news site is almost 1-month-old. We did a "soft launch" with little fanfare Feb. 13 so we could load the site with great content before most people even got their first look.

Our online readership is growing daily and many more are accessing the highlights on our Facebook page. In the last five days our posts reached more than 2,000 people, and more than half engaged in some way.

We're the "new kid on the block," but we're working hard to earn our stripes. Twenty-three volunteers have written stories or submitted photos to the site. Many oth...