Twenty-three families are interested in getting one of eight townhouses proposed by Highlands County Habitat for Humanity for a vacant property owned by the Community Redevelopment Agency, said Habitat's Executive Director Mike Jacobson on Monday. ...more

March 27, 2009

The city of Sebring has declared that Friday, March 13, will be Bill O'Brien day, and his friends are having a fundraiser to help the former police dispatcher and polio survivor get a much-needed electric Hoyer lift. ...more

March 9, 2009

Due to CSX Railroad not completing repairs on the railroad crossing, the following roads will continue to be closed at the railroad crossing until the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 18: Arbuckle Creek Road, Cemetery Road-Sunniland Drive, Lemon Avenue, Center Street. To reach Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, take Pear Street off of N. Ridgewood Drive. Detours are posted. ...more

February 18, 2009

Due to CSX Railroad not completing repairs on the railroad crossing, the following roads will continue to be closed at the railroad crossing until the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 18: Arbuckle Creek Road, Cemetery Road-Sunniland Drive, Lemon Avenue, Center Street. To reach Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, take Pear Street off of N. Ridgewood Drive. Detours are posted. For further information call the Highlands County Engineering Department at 402-6877. ...more

February 17, 2009

It's time to sharpen those knives and get the grills smokin' - at least for these contestants. ...more

January 7, 2009

It takes a lot of planning to hold the Sebring 12 Hours of Bar-B-Que, also known in these parts as the "Pig Fest," and Sebring Police Chief Tom Dettman is scheduled Tuesday to present the city council with road closure requests for the annual Firemen's Inc. Tractor Parade. ...more

December 15, 2008

The Sebring Christmas Parade will follow a different route this year. ...more

December 5, 2008

While crowds jam the big box stores, the malls and big name franchise stores Friday to kick off their holiday shopping, merchants in downtown Sebring hope to attract some shoppers their way and wow them with unique items and local charm. ...more

November 25, 2008

Little Malia Jones, age 3, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday, at Tampa General Hospital, following an afternoon crash Sept. 6 on State Road 574, near I-4, in Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

September 20, 2008

Wednesday, July 9 Service Groups ...more

July 9, 2008