Overtime pay for the many Highlands County employees who did, or still are doing, extra duty to deal with Tropical Storm Fay will be by far the biggest cost to the county. ...more

August 21, 2008

Flood water isolated Paul Algor at his Leisure Lakes home Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

Student attendance increased Wednesday after schools were closed Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Fay, which caused few problems in the district. ...more

August 21, 2008

After it made landfall in the Keys, Fay surged north off Florida's west coast. Then it made landfall a second time when entering the peninsula. Then slowed down. It sped up. It turned. ...more

August 21, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay has left widespread flooding in many parts of south Highlands County today as residents grapple with flooded yards, closed roads and at least two creeks that are past their flood stages. ...more

August 20, 2008

A family of six was displaced Wednesday night when their double-wide mobile home at 5810 State Road 66, west of Payne Road, in Sebring, was destroyed by a fire. ...more

July 31, 2008

Members of the Highlands County Fire Services and Highlands County Emergency Management spent the better half of Wednesday morning unpacking, taking inventory and testing 26 new Lifepack 1000 Automated External Defibrillator (AEDs) that will be issued to the Highlands County Fire Services staff, emergency management and the volunteer fire departments. ...more

July 31, 2008

Placid Utilities will begin draining and taking the above ground water storage tank at the Tomoka Water Plant off-line for maintenance and inspection to be performed on Tuesday, July 29. ...more

July 27, 2008

Are you aware of how much stress you can relieve by a leisurely cruise down the canal into Lake June?... A lot ! ...more

July 13, 2008

Summer is here again and the same people driving boats and wave runners are out of control on the main canal in Leisure Lakes. ...more

July 2, 2008