The Highlands 4-H dog club is hosting the first statewide 4-H Dog Conference at 4-H Camp Cloverleaf in Lake Placid Aug. 7-9. ...more

August 6, 2009

A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested Monday after reportedly stealing another man's pit bull at gunpoint. ...more

August 6, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is searching for a Placid Lakes woman who was reported missing on Friday. ...more

August 4, 2009

BRADENTON -- About $60,000 worth of jewelry was reported stolen from the trunk of a car on Thursday afternoon, Manatee County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

July 31, 2009

Investigators continue to search for two men who reportedly robbed the Avon Park Sun Trust Bank branch Tuesday morning. ...more

July 28, 2009

Highlands County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man suspected of several car burglaries in the Grand Prix area of town. ...more

July 26, 2009

A Hardee County grand jury indicted two Sebring men for the November 2008 murder of a Jamaican man. ...more

July 23, 2009

The city of Sebring was again disrupted by the arrival of suspicious envelopes, and the target this time was the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, two envelopes containing a suspicious white powder arrived at the sheriff's office in the mail, according to Lisa Burley, the sheriff's chief of staff. Sebring woman arrested for suspicious powder incident ...more

July 22, 2009

CORRECTIONS Pasco County Sheriff Bob White does not plan to eliminate paid holidays for his staff, contrary to a report in Sunday's Pasco Tribune. ...more

July 15, 2009

A Port Charlotte woman who is nearly eight months pregnant has been charged with possession of oxycodone and drug paraphernalia. ...more

July 10, 2009