Approximately 90 residents were safely evacuated after a bomb threat was called in to the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center just before 4 p.m. Thursday. ...more

November 20, 2009

A Lake Placid Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after school officials reportedly found a gun in his book bag. ...more

November 20, 2009

Guests at a late-night house party got more than they bargained for when a van drove by and a man reportedly opened fire. ...more

November 17, 2009

Police executed a search warrant at a Fifth Street home early Thursday morning and say they found a woman sitting fully clothed on a just-flushed toilet before charging her with drug and weapons counts. ...more

November 14, 2009

Highlands County's unemployment rate in September was 11.6 percent, up significantly from the 8.4 percent in September 2008. ...more

November 13, 2009

Investigators are in the middle of an arson investigation after the remnants of a fire was found Wednesday morning at an unoccupied Spring Lake area home. ...more

November 12, 2009

Two men were treated for injuries they suffered early Sunday morning in a reported stabbing incident that happened on Santiago Street. ...more

November 10, 2009

The following people were being sought by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on active warrants as of Thursday, Nov. 5. - ...more

November 9, 2009

A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community. ...more

November 7, 2009

A motorcyclist who collided with a pickup at Curlew and Fisher roads about 6:45 a.m. today has died of his injuries, Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said shortly after 10 a.m. today. ...more

November 6, 2009