A 12-year-old girl first reported missing on Monday has been found. Stormi Canter was found by members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Unit around 5 p.m., at a home near Commerce and Maple avenues, according to her mother, Helen McKinney. ...more

March 5, 2009

There was nothing new to report in the cases of two kids missing from Sebring, said Highlands County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Lethbridge on Wednesday. ...more

March 5, 2009

There was nothing new to report in the cases of two kids missing from Sebring, said Highlands County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Lethbridge on Wednesday. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 12-year-old girl who never returned from school on Monday. ...more

March 3, 2009

A steady flow of customers dropped by Washington Mutual's branch at Columbus Avenue and Dale Mabry Highway today, seeking assurances about their deposits after learning one of the nation's largest and oldest banks was being acquired by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ...more

September 26, 2008

You won't find gourmet meats and cheeses that you might at other supermarkets. And you have to bag your own groceries. ...more

September 26, 2008

The plan of Japanese owner Hidetoshi Yamamoto all along was for Casino Drive to run in the Belmont Stakes. That plan came to an abrupt halt early Saturday when Yamamoto and trainer Kazuo Fujisawa decided to scratch the 3-year-old colt from the Belmont Stakes. ...more

June 8, 2008

My letter is in regard to the four-wheel ATV accident in Orange Blossom Estates last week. I have for seven years tried to get the four-wheel ATV vehicles off our county roads and the rights of way, with little success. In 2007 there was an accident on Canter Path Silver Fox. A young man speeding, wrecked and had to be airlifted in critical condition. Now we have a fatality and another hospitalized. It is time that the laws regarding ATVs be changed. Captain Blackman of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office stated that the fine for using an ATV on our roads is on $78; this is not sufficient and needs to be amended. The price of an officer to respond, wear and tear on the vehicle and the cost of fuel is greater than $78. This law needs to be amended. A four-wheel ATV is like a car or even a gun in the wrong hands, under the wrong conditions. People are severely injured and in this case killed. ...more

February 19, 2008

Things are heating up in Wisconsin. After the second snowiest December on record in the state capital - and with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees Tuesday - the Legislature abolished a statewide ban on heated sidewalks, stairs, entrances and pedestrian walkways. ...more

January 18, 2008