LAKE PLACID A Fort Pierce woman remained in jail Thursday on a $26,250 bond after being arrested on warrants alleging she hit a man with her vehicle and fled. ...more

March 12, 2009

Highlands County Court Judge Anthony Ritenour will not allow inmates to serve jail time on the weekend work release program until changes are implemented. ...more

October 8, 2008

It's official: Jeri Canale was declared the winner of the Democratic primary election and should face Republican Jeff Carlson in November for the District 3 seat on the Highlands County Board of Commissioners. ...more

August 30, 2008

A Lake Placid man was free Wednesday on $6,000 bail after he was stopped by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) after a low-speed chase. ...more

August 20, 2008

SEBRING — It must have sounded like a good idea at the time, busting open ATMs with a bulldozer, but Jesus A. Sanchez got caught. And last week, Judge Anthony Ritenour found Sanchez guilty of burglary. He pleaded guilty to the grand theft of the ATM, the excavator, and the money inside the ATM, and was sentenced to five years in prison on the first count, and six years on the second. Sanchez did catch a couple of breaks: the second sentence can be served concurrently with the first, meaning he'll have to spend only six years behind bars. He was also sentenced to six years probation on the third and fourth counts. ...more

June 21, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Harrison Ford dons the fedora and cracks that whip in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series. We sent our TBO.com Street Team to check it out and share their thoughts. ...more

May 22, 2008

LORIDA — A Lorida hunter whose Web site touts him as "Florida's Exclusive Guide and Outfitter" and who has been featured on several nationally televised hunting shows, is facing second-degree misdemeanor charges for attempting to take an alligator without a permit. Daniel Santangelo, 42, of 5229 Bluff Hammock Road, was cited by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officials on Aug. 16, the first night of the 2007 Phase I alligator hunting season, in the Kissimmee River at Bluff Hammock. The officer who pulled over the airboat said he saw one of Santangelo's passengers standing on the boat with a harpoon as he approached the vessel, according to Highlands County Courthouse records. ...more

October 9, 2007

SEBRING — Taking money out of an automated teller machine (ATM) is a convenience many people take advantage of these days, but as a 62-year-old Sebring woman learned Wednesday evening, staying alert is important. ...more

September 27, 2007