Sports

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Sebring's Shalontay Rose (2) gets a shot off in the lane during Thursday night's non-district win against Frostproof in the Blue Streaks gym.

Sebring's Allie Mann scored a game-high 14 points and Christacia Dawkins added 10 points to lead the Blue Streaks to a convincing 53-13 win over Frostproof in girls basketball on Thursday night.

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HIGHLANDS NEWS

Sebring restaurant incentive program on a roll

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Ira Garland works on an order in the kitchen at McLane's Garden Cafe in downtown Sebring on Wednesday. The restaurant is the first to take advantage of the Community Redevelopment Agency's restaurant incentive program.

McLane's Garden Café, the first of two restaurants that applied for financial help through the Community Redevelopment Agency's downtown Restaurant Incentive Program, opened a month ago and is doing well.

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News

Verdict favors smoker estate

2009, JASMINA MEYER/STAFF

Cigarette smoking is often tied to habits that a person has been practicing for years.

On Tuesday evening, a Highlands County jury returned a $2 million verdict for the Hallgren family in a lawsuit against Phillip Morris and R.J. Reynolds tobacco companies.

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HIGHLANDS NEWS

Republican turnout at 10 percent Friday

2008, KATHY WATERS/STAFF

Elections Supervisor Joe Campbell, center, checks printouts for accuracy during testing of the voting machines in August 2008.

The Republican Presidential Primary is set for Tuesday, Jan. 31, and some registered Republican voters were taking a few moments to choose their favorite candidate early.

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