A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2009

A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested Monday after reportedly stealing another man's pit bull at gunpoint. ...more

August 6, 2009

Blue Lagoon owner Rob McDarby said there are any number of tricks out there underage patrons will try to get alcohol. ...more

March 10, 2009

Kids - by their very definition - will be kids, but eventually Mom and Dad will tire of their children's misbehavior and lay down the law. ...more

February 22, 2009

A Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputy sustained minor injuries after his cruiser overturned Sunday around 11 p.m., on U.S. 27 near Red Lobster. ...more

February 9, 2009

In an effort to foster a "healthy organization," the Highlands County Sheriff's Office has transferred some members of its staff to new duties. ...more

January 26, 2009

Paul Hinman, crime prevention practitioner with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, received an alert from Pinellas County about threats toward seniors in shopping center parking lots. ...more

December 17, 2008

Face to face with a German shepherd with 600 students looking on, Lake Placid High School Principal Michael Haley felt a little a fear as he puckered up to plant a kiss on the dog. ...more

December 2, 2008

No one was hit after seven or eight shots were fired at three Sebring police officers shortly after midnight Friday, as they spoke with each other at Orange Blossom Avenue and First Street in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more

October 4, 2008

Sheriff's investigators are searching for a man and two women who beat and robbed a 73-year-old Lake Placid man in his Skyline Drive mobile home. ...more

August 20, 2008