Taking full advantage of benign conditions, the four-person team of Andrew Katsanis, Elgin Bayless, Eric Moore and Terry Hancock breezed to a three-stroke win in the first flight of the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce golf tournament on Thursday afternoon. ...more

November 21, 2009

Lake Placid senior Julie Shrewsbury won the 100 and 300-meter hurdle events and finished third in the pole vault to pace the Green Dragon girls to first place in Tuesday's track and field meet. ...more

March 5, 2009

An on-going phone scam was reported to have struck Fairway Pines At Sun 'N Lake on Monday, although no one lost any money. ...more

January 21, 2009

The following people were booked Friday, Jan. 16 through Monday, Jan. 19 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

January 21, 2009

A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted homicide for trying to poison her 4-month-old son at a city hospital by injecting a saltwater solution into his feeding tube, police said. ...more

July 17, 2008

On behalf of Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Inc. and the Highlands County Girl Scouts, I would like to personally thank the sponsors of the prizes for the 4th annual Cindy's Girl Scout Cookie Eating Contest which was held at the Highlands County Fair. ...more

February 23, 2008

SEBRING — With sacks full of candy, fairies, mummies, witches and pirates made their way around the Circle on Friday morning during the annual Harvest of Treats. More festivities continue tonight as trick-or-treating starts in all three municipalities. Taylor Simmons was decked out red from head to toe with a purple boa and a trademark red hat with purple accessories. At age 2, she's just a little younger than the average Red Hatter. ...more

October 27, 2007