Investigators are requesting the public's help locating a pickup driver. ...more

April 30, 2009

Two men with the same name were arrested Wednesday during an undercover drug sting. ...more

April 30, 2009

Two men were charged with aggravated battery after shooting a pedestrian in the face and hand with BB guns, a police report states. ...more

April 15, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the man and woman killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on State Road 62 as James Jones, 40, of Avon Park and Janice Zonneveld, 59, of Palmetto. ...more

April 5, 2009

A 71-year-old woman and two dogs died in a house fire this morning in the Valencia Gardens community on Collier Parkway. ...more

April 1, 2009

Authorities are still seeking two people suspected of robbing a trio of businesses. ...more

March 31, 2009

A 20-month-old girl who sheriff's investigators reported sustained severe injuries Sunday at the hands of Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III, 32, of Sebring, was still in "very critical condition," according to Sheriff's Sgt. Darin Hood on Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

Sheriff beleives Vernon headed in right direction ...more

March 26, 2009

The sheriff's finance director was given a written reprimand Friday for her drunken driving arrest last summer. ...more

March 25, 2009

A man who drowned late Friday afternoon on Dinner Lake was apparently hit by his boat's propeller. ...more

March 24, 2009