Over the past year, the year-round population of Highlands County grew by 1,480 and climbed just over 100,000 people. ...more

December 30, 2008

A 43-year-old Lake Wales police detective struck and injured a pedestrian Saturday night as the woman tried to cross the road on Central Avenue in Lake Wales, authorities said. ...more

December 27, 2008

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December 22, 2008

Missing several key players didn't stop the Sebring boys basketball team from playing hard in outlasting Lake Wales by a score of 49-43 in the Jim Taveniere Holiday Tournament on Saturday night. ...more

December 22, 2008

Joe Young had a monster 23-point, 16-rebound performance, but it wasn't enough on Thursday night as Lake Wales knocked off the Sebring boys basketball team 64-60 in non-district action. ...more

December 20, 2008

The new lineup for high school football districts in North Pinellas and West Pasco. ...more

December 20, 2008

The show must go on. Or in this case, the Jim Taveniere Holiday Tournament, which has become a cottage industry in Highlands County longer than most can remember, but economic hard times nearly put the annual event in jeopardy. ...more

December 19, 2008

BackStage Pass will be at the Watering Hole, 6813 U.S. 27 S., in Sebring tonight and Dec. 20 from 9.30 p.m. until 1:45 a.m. ...more

December 19, 2008

Jake Trussell scored 16 points and center Jewell Campbell had 10 rebounds to lift Sebring to a 69-27 victory over Hardee in Class 4A-District 10 match-up on Tuesday. ...more

December 18, 2008

A long-awaited Florida High School Athletic Association football district realignment was announced on Monday afternoon, and its effects will be felt across all three Highlands County high schools next fall. ...more

December 17, 2008