AVON PARK There is no garbage pick up in the city of Avon Park on Thursday, Nov. 26. Thursday's pick up will be on Wednesday, Nov. 25. All other pick ups remain the same. ...more

November 24, 2009

The Highlands County School District has 12 enrolled students who don't have to step on a school campus to learn. ...more

November 24, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, Nov. 19 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 23, 2009

The Hispanic student population is nearing 30 percent and black students account for 17 percent of students but minorities are noticeably under represented in the ranks of teachers and administrators in Highlands County district schools. ...more

November 23, 2009

Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless outreach center's move out of Southside Avon Park is not by choice. ...more

November 23, 2009

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 22, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, Nov. 18 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 22, 2009

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2009 is 11.2 percent, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

November 22, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in the Highlands County Jail Thursday under an $180,000 bond after being arrested on a warrant accusing him of exchanging sexual explicit correspondences and adult pornography with a 16-year-old girl. ...more

November 21, 2009