Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009

Two men wanted in connection with a home invasion/murder that occurred Wednesday morning in Okeechobee County were captured Wednesday afternoon by Highlands County Sheriff's deputies in Sun 'N Lakes of Lake Placid. ...more

March 19, 2009

Two men wanted in connection with a home invasion/murder that occurred Wednesday morning in Okeechobee County were captured Wednesday afternoon by Highlands County Sheriff's Deputies in Sun 'N Lakes of Lake Placid. ...more

March 18, 2009

Deputies are still looking for three black males who invaded two Washington Heights homes Friday evening. ...more

January 18, 2009

Making free throws looks easy, but it takes a lot of skill. Just ask the many youngsters who tried their hand from the charity stripe on Saturday. ...more

November 11, 2008

An incident on July 6, when a sheriff's deputy fired his gun in defense of a fellow deputy who was injured when a driver swerved toward him, was ruled justified by an administrative review. ...more

September 13, 2008

Nursing student enrollment is up 10 to 15 percent since last year at South Florida Community College. ...more

July 29, 2008

SEBRING — Sheriff's deputies captured a man Friday in the Francis II Mobile Home park who was a suspect in an aggravated battery and attempted burglary the same morning on Ferdinand Street in Sebring. ...more

January 18, 2008