SEBRING Intermittent plumes of smoke visible in northern Highlands County on Thursday and Friday were from controlled burns, the Division of Forestry reports. ...more

September 26, 2008

Highlands County was in danger of losing a $2.5 million state grant to help working families become homeowners. ...more

September 11, 2008

Investigators from the Sebring and Avon Park police departments and the sheriff's offices from Orange and Highlands counties took down what Sheriff Susan Benton called a "burglary and robbery ring." ...more

September 10, 2008

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office credits the cooperative work of the Sebring and Avon Park police departments, the Orange County Sheriff's Office and Highlands County sheriff's detectives with the take down of what it has labeled a "burglary and robbery ring". In a news release, the sheriff's office states the three members arrested are responsible for crimes in multiple jurisdictions. ...more

September 8, 2008

Edgar Stokes, chairman of the Highlands County commissioners, kicked off the county's investigation into spraying pesticides, by both airplanes and trucks, to battle the expected hordes of mosquitoes that will probably descend on the county in the wake of Fay and the three new tropical storms headed toward or near the Florida peninsula. ...more

September 3, 2008

A man and woman felt lucky after a single-engine plane in which they flew struck a bird Friday afternoon and was forced to crash-land in a cow pasture near the Highlands County Landfill, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Mitch Moore. ...more

August 30, 2008

A man and woman felt lucky after a single engine plane in which they flew struck a bird Friday afternoon and was forced to crash land in a cow pasture near the Highlands County Landfill, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Mitch Moore. ...more

August 29, 2008

Neighboring Okeechobee was one of four counties declared major disaster areas Sunday by President George W. Bush in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay, but it's unlikely that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will help any homeowners in Highlands County. ...more

August 26, 2008

Two Sebring men remained in Highlands County Jail on Monday after they were arrested as suspects and charged with armed burglary of an Arbuckle Creek Road home and grand theft of firearms, video games and jewelry within. ...more

August 26, 2008

The polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. today. In the primary, Democrats are choosing between former commissioner Jeri Canale and psychologist Bruce Borkosky in the race for District 3 county commissioner; Jeff Carlson and incumbent Andrew Jackson are Republicans seeking the same position. ...more

August 26, 2008