The National Weather Service in Ruskin is forecasting cold weather in Highlands County, with temperatures tonight expected to dip to 31. ...more

January 16, 2009

The National Weather Service in Ruskin is forecasting cold weather in Highlands County for the next two days. ...more

January 15, 2009

Jim and Susan Frazier saw a sign posted at the Lake Bennett RV Park, where they're wintering between Avon Park and Sebring. ...more

December 22, 2008

I oppose the fire tax assessment bill. I've run the New Testament Church and Mission for 32 years. In those years I have only needed to call the fire department once, which was found to be arson. ...more

August 21, 2008

SEBRING — Pastor Mike Karl fell down a glacier last week, but considering he did it while on a cruise to Alaska, he doesn't mind the bruise. The cruise is just one of the perks Mike and Pat Karl received after being chosen as the 2007 recipients of the Judge Clifton Kelly Champion for Children Award. The Karls have run New Testament Church and Mission for 31 years and have served people more than one million meals and housing to get them back on their feet. Now the Children's Services Council and Foundation are looking for their next "Champion for Children," whose name will be announced at the ninth annual gala, Sept. 25. ...more

June 2, 2008

SEBRING — Two blocks near Sebring Parkway were evacuated this morning when a construction worker hit a gas line while working on the Sebring Parkway construction Monday morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

SEBRING — Pastor Mike Karl got an unwelcome Christmas gift this year. Construction crews arrived outside the New Testament Church and Mission, where he is the director, on Wednesday and began clearing and grading land for the Sebring Parkway just 17 feet from his building's front door. When talks about the Sebring Parkway started about 20 years ago, Karl said it seemed like a pipe dream, but it's now come to fruition. "I guess that's progress," Karl said with a shrug. "I think when it is all done, we will get used to it." The driveway where the mission received donations is now gone, and anyone with donations should detour to the driveway further northwest on Eucalyptus Street. ...more

December 29, 2007

A school for Christian studies that includes the area's first Christian seminary has opened its doors. ...more

September 8, 2007

A school for Christian studies that includes the area's first Christian seminary has opened its doors. ...more

September 6, 2007