SEBRING — After two years of eluding a prison sentence that he previously agreed to, sex offender Bruce M. Glaum, formerly of Sebring, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 and a half years in prison. Judge Peter Estrada sentenced Glaum, 33, Tuesday morning at the Highlands County Courthouse to the maximum penalty for a charge of a lewd battery of a minor under the age of 16. ...more

October 3, 2007

SULPHUR SPRINGS - An 8-year-old Sulphur Springs girl said she was walking home from Saturday school, Starburst candy in hand, when a stranger who might have been homeless grabbed her by the ponytail. ...more

September 30, 2007

A Tuesday afternoon melee in a Lakeland neighborhood was not immediately preceded by a fight at Lakeland High School as first thought, school and police officials said Wednesday. ...more

September 5, 2007