The Alan Jay Automotive Network has completed the purchase of English Chevrolet and English Chrysler/ Dodge/ Jeep in Wauchula. ...more

November 8, 2009

A man who drowned late Friday afternoon on Dinner Lake was apparently hit by his boat's propeller. ...more

March 24, 2009

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers investigated a drowning Friday afternoon on Dinner Lake. ...more

March 21, 2009

Dustin Wells Germaine, 28, was arrested and charged with producing methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia. ...more

February 27, 2009

Four people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly operating a methamphetamine cook. ...more

February 26, 2009

SEBRING — In Sebring Police Sgt. Mike Warner's own words, the police "beat the bushes for hours" Saturday looking for a suspect linked to a carjacking and robbery that morning. A man smacked a woman to the ground, snatched her car keys and drove off with a 2000 Chevy Cavalier shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday. About eight minutes later, a car matching that description was used as the getaway vehicle after a man, matching the description of the suspect in the previous carjacking, snatched a purse out of a 72-year-old woman's lap as she sat in a car. "That's the type of crime I won't stand for," Warner said in a phone interview Sunday. ...more

June 15, 2008

SEBRING — The purchase of the old Tampa Electric Co. power plant property is apparently off. "At this point," said Assistant City Manager Scott Noethlich, "nothing is happening." The city was interested in buying the Dinner Lake lot where the stream-driven plant sat until TRC America Inc. tore it down. More than a decade ago, said Andy Albritton, a mechanic there, the steam plant supplied power to the city. TRC America, which buys and demolishes power plants to sell the parts, finished removing the Dinner Lake plant in April. "It fits between the solid waste office and the city's fuel depot," Noethlich said. If the city ever wanted to expand either facility, the lot could have been useful. ...more

June 14, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County's topsy-turvey real estate market is causing Realtors, landlords and homeowners to reassess their decisions. ...more

October 10, 2007