The owner of Macklin Towing & Recovery in Avon Park said he is losing money because of incompetent city and county employees. ...more

March 26, 2009

In the days of old, if a woman told a dispatcher she had been raped in Clearwater, and the dispatcher realized the crime occurred outside the city's boundaries, the woman would be given a telephone number to call. ...more

February 2, 2009

An Avon Park police officer was out of jail Wednesday on a $5,000 bond following his Tuesday arrest. ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

911 is hitting the road. That's the plan anyway when the sheriff's mobile command center is updated with equipment for six dispatcher positions. The E-911 state grant program will cover the $342,843 tab required to complete the renovation. ...more

July 25, 2008

PLANT CITY - The federal government sent Plant City's finest a big check –- a really big check. ...more

February 7, 2008

What will Pete Warhurst do next? His friends keep asking. Investors want to know. Pretty much anyone else he meets lately wonders about it. ...more

December 20, 2007