A 3-year-old child was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital as a precautionary measure Friday morning after nearly drowning in a pool at 1230 Lake Lotela Drive in Avon Park. ...more

April 10, 2009

Kyle Jackson threw five no-hit innings and Chad Marley and Josh Gordon each had two hits on Wednesday to lead the Avon Park baseball team to an 11-1 victory over Booker in a Class 4A-District 10 makeup game. ...more

April 10, 2009

In the Highlands Today of March 28, a guest opinion piece was printed concerning opinions about the Oklahoma flag. I would like to enlighten readers about this beautiful flag. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Department of Community Affairs and the Department of state were invited to the Sunset Review Committee to answer questions, according to State Rep. Denise Grimsley. ...more

March 28, 2009

Perry Mason threw a complete-game three-hitter on Monday to lead the Lake Placid baseball team to a 3-1 victory over Hardee in Green Dragon coach Dan Coomes' first regular-season win over the Wildcats in five years at the helm. ...more

March 25, 2009

Kyle Barber went 3-for-4 with four RBI and pitcher CW Vaught allowed three runs in five innings to lead Lake Placid past Clewiston by a score of 9-4 in high school baseball on Thursday night. ...more

March 21, 2009

Friday's Highlands Today editorial "Obama must stand up to his own party on budget," I believe, misrepresents the entire budget process and wrongly leaves the impression that it is the Democrats who did most of the wasteful spending. ...more

March 19, 2009

SOFTALL: Sebring 7, DeSoto 1 SEBRING - Sebring got back on the winning track by beating DeSoto by a score of 7-2 in a Class 4A-District 10 softball game on Monday night. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Avon Park baseball team rallied from five runs down in the fifth inning on Thursday to pick up its first district victory of the season with an 8-5 win over DeSoto. ...more

March 14, 2009

The man charged with killing Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder, three days before jury selection was to begin in his trial. ...more

March 13, 2009