A benefit dinner will still go on for a local mother who died Friday in an Orlando hospital ...more

October 24, 2009

On Sept. 9, Nichole Sevigny had her third son, Caden. Four days later she was taken to the hospital for an unknown condition. ...more

October 16, 2009

While The Salvation Army set a holiday donation record nationally, a sagging local economy accounted for a nearly 27 percent drop in red kettle collections for its Sebring unit in 2008 compared to the previous year, according to Major Mary Holmes. ...more

March 28, 2009

Stanley Massaline has spent his adult life - 29 years - cooking in the cafeteria for the Kenilworth Care & Rehabilitation Center. But two weeks ago, he was terminated. ...more

March 1, 2009

If you don't have a Relay For Life team yet, it's not too late to start one, according to Geri Snyder, publicity chairman for Sebring's Relay For Life. ...more

February 19, 2009

Deputies are still looking for three black males who invaded two Washington Heights homes Friday evening. ...more

January 18, 2009

I have not commented on the building of the the new proposed sheriff building. I grew up in Sebring and in 1974 began my career with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. I learned through three sheriffs that a department works together. Now, employees must answer the phone and answer "sheriff's office" or "office of sheriff." It's just semantics to most, but it's still a loss. The public must realize that these are honorable servants (mostly.) They deserve not to be disposed of, or shoved or shuttled around. When they selected this employment or career, with conditions of danger, terrible hours, weather, pay, etc., I learned that you don't survive, you endure semantics. True, your perception is still altered. Driving by the vacated Winn- Dixie store on Kenilworth and Lakeview, I thought that it was a large building on a vast lot, located in Sebring, close to the courthouse, jail and government buildings. If the new sheriff's office is built, what effect or loss to the economy is there to the city of Sebring? ...more

August 22, 2008

A pair of Florida state representatives noticed that Amber Alerts help find missing kids and wanted to in turn aid missing senior citizens. ...more

August 2, 2008

Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? ...more

August 1, 2008

The Reflectsons, a Southern gospel group from Trenton, will be in concert at First Assembly Of God at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 13. The Reflectsons are in their 16th year of gospel music and have been honored with a number of awards for accomplishments in the gospel music field. The concert will include many gospel favorites from years past as well as new and original songs. ...more

July 12, 2008