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The dogs were in Sebring to compete in the U.S. Police Canine Association's Region 1 Field Trials and Certifications. More than 70 K-9 unit dogs competed in such areas as apprehension and detection.

One-fifth of Highlands County third graders scored at Level 1 in a high-stakes reading test, results released Friday show.

State legislators can't overturn a federal law, but they can inflame executives who want to produce ethanol in Florida.

AVON PARK -A state prisoner serving time for an unrelated crime has confessed to robbing more than $100,000 in 2009 from SunTrust Bank in Avon Park, according to a warrant affidavit.

STR8 Up to host Congressman Rooney at inaugural event

Two businesses honored Thursday by the Highlands County Economic Development Commission are testaments to the fact that businesses can survive in tough economic times and overcome challenges, the commission's executive director said.

In 2005 - the last of the good old days - less than 400 foreclosures were filed with Bob Germaine's office. Then the housing bubble burst, and the numbers snaked up to 1,508 by 2009.

A nationwide college readiness program is set to be introduced in all Highlands County middle and high schools next school year, even though an unexpected glitch has cut state funding for the Sebring secondary schools.

SEBRING - An annual hurricane seminar that advises Highlands County residents on preparing for the storm season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30, and what people can expect this year, is set from 6 p.m. June 3 at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center.

Authorities have arrested another suspect in relation to a series of business and restaurant robberies last year, according to an arrest report released Thursday.