There were plenty of tears flowing down the faces of many of the seniors on the Lake Placid football team as they gathered with their teammates one final time after Friday night's 41-6 rout of Lemon Bay at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

November 15, 2009

Church Service Center in Avon Park is now feeding 700 families a month - 25 percent more than last year. ...more

November 15, 2009

The Sebring girls basketball team built a brief third-quarter lead before eventually succumbing to Bartow, 58-53, on Thursday night in the final round of the Preseason Classic in the Blue Streaks gym. ...more

November 14, 2009

Clewiston took advantage of two early goals and a balanced attack to defeat Lake Placid by a score of 4-1 in boys soccer on Thursday night at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

November 14, 2009

With some 31 persons wounded and 12 dead and Army Major Hasan shot down with two smoking guns in his hands, the reporting concerning the incident continues to refer to Hasan as the "suspect" or "alleged shooter" with precise consistency less someone slip and actually make on unqualified statement that Hasan did in fact shoot a number of people with the two pistols in his hands when he was shot down. ...more

November 13, 2009

The Lake Placid football team enters tonight's final game of the season against Lemon Bay with a chance to accomplish something that hasn't happened in 10 years - finish with a winning record. ...more

November 13, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, Nov. 10 through Wednesday, Nov. 11 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 13, 2009

Theosophist Judith Snow will present a program at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 on near death experience (NDE) at the Lake Placid Memorial Library, 205 W. Interlake Blvd. ...more

November 13, 2009

I recently put a letter in Highlands Today requesting some help for a project that would put people to work. Let me tell you the response I got. I sent a letter to Governor Crist asking for his support. To my surprise the phone rang at work. It was one of his aides that called me and said if I needed any help to call him. Someone else also called to volunteer their time for writing grants. So that's two good things we got. ...more

November 13, 2009

FRIDAY 'Lucky Friday the 13th' theme at Gallery Walk SEBRING - Leave your superstitions at home and join the downtown merchants in celebrating "Lucky Friday the 13th" in Sebring. ...more

November 13, 2009