Highlands County is launching a discount card program to help residents with the rising price of prescription drugs, according to a press release from the county ...more

March 4, 2009

In January 2008, the Sebring City Council denied the county engineer's proposal to close Eucalyptus Street to through traffic once the Sebring Parkway Phase II is finished for pedestrian safety. ...more

February 4, 2009

A circuit judge's ruling on Thursday overturned a 2007 state law saying counties had to pay for attorneys who take cases when the local public defender has a conflict. ...more

December 20, 2008

A job fair - sponsored by - Heartland Workforce and South Florida Community College will have at least 30 employers. ...more

November 2, 2008

There could be a collective sigh of relief in Thunderbird Hills after the city of Sebring agreed to buy its waste water system, which had been reportedly operating without a state permit for about six years. ...more

October 9, 2008

The four-year terms for City of Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency commissioners Gene Brenner and Kathryn "Kathy" Malie expired at the end of September. ...more

October 7, 2008

"We the People" of Highlands County elected the county officials and "We the People" must voice our concerns as no state representative, governor, senator or president will act on our concerns for us. It is our duty to see that the elected officials of our county government spend our hard earned money appropriately. ...more

September 2, 2008

In her monthly address to the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners, Sheriff Susan Benton told the board the jail population is down largely due to streamlining the process. ...more

August 16, 2008

On Thursday evening, the Highlands County commissioners will hold the first of two required evening public hearings on the proposed county budget for fiscal year 2008-09, which starts Oct. 1. ...more

August 13, 2008

SEBRING — David Flowers, director of county facilities management, is under investigation for sexually explicit, instant messages he exchanged on county computers with fired budget department employee Treasa Handley. Rick Helms, the assistant county administrator, is in charge of the investigation of Flowers, a former county commissioner who failed in his bid this week to become director of the county's new division of administrative services. ...more

January 31, 2008