Florida saw traffic fatalities drop for the second straight year in 2007, although Highlands County's numbers rose slightly. ...more

October 18, 2008

A Lake Placid man was free Wednesday on $6,000 bail after he was stopped by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) after a low-speed chase. ...more

August 20, 2008

A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $3,500 bail after a police chase through downtown streets moved onto the Sebring Parkway and ended when he crashed his van into a light pole in the Ruby Tuesday restaurant parking lot. ...more

July 16, 2008

SEBRING — An Avon Park man was arrested by Sebring police after a concerned citizen flagged down a sheriff's deputy to report a hit-and-run driver in a white flat-bed truck weaving up U.S. 27 north. Highlands County deputy Dan Wilson reported that when he pulled over the truck, the driver –– identified as Ubaldo "Lalo" Davila, 55 –– and also known as Baldo Jesus Davila, Eduardo Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez and Lalo Davila staggered out. He did not have a Florida driver's license. The witness, who wished not to be identified, said Tuesday that he saw the truck coming his way, in his rearview mirror. The road was wet as it had just rained Monday morning. He saw the driver hit another vehicle and keep going, he said. ...more

May 21, 2008

The wife of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has filed for divorce, the latest chapter in a year of turmoil for the family. ...more

November 24, 2007

The wife of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has filed for divorce, the latest chapter in a year of turmoil for the Hogan family. ...more

November 23, 2007

Nick Bollea, son of famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, has been arrested on felony charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury. ...more

November 7, 2007