Every once in a while someone comes along in your life that has a true impact on you and those around you. Monica Sauls is one of those individuals. ...more

March 2, 2009

With dancers, singers, a band, skits, laughs, cheers plus a host and plenty of special guests, this celebration had all the ingredients for a television variety show. ...more

February 6, 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

Children's Services Council Vice Chairman Andrew Hughes said the council should be able to get involved in early intervention, prevention or helping parents in connection with the new state bullying law. ...more

November 20, 2008

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is back in the city's two elementary schools after it was cut by the police department. ...more

September 12, 2008

Students will be returning to school Monday and staff is busy preparing for the big day, including its two school resource officers with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office stationed at Sebring High School. ...more

August 14, 2008

AVON PARK — When Mark Sauls first met Brandon Ball, he was just a kid hanging around the Avon Park Firehouse. "I worked with his dad and his grand-dad here," Sauls remembered. Ironically, the Avon Park Firehouse is where both the state fire marshals got their career starts — sort of — even though they are separated in age by several years. ...more

June 29, 2008

BRANDON - A Brandon man driving under the influence of alcohol despite having his 2-year-old son in the car drove through a yard and crashed a Dodge into a tree, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 30, 2007

SEBRING — A growing number of adolescents are starting to turn to over-the-counter and prescription drugs for a high. "Prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic across the country," said Sgt. Monica Sauls, of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. "While the use of popular gateway drugs has decreased, the number of teens abusing medication has steadily increased." Sauls points to a 2005 study used during D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) presentations that shows that 4.7 millions teens admitted taking prescription medication that was not prescribed to them. The number ranks third among drugs that teens have tried, behind only marijuana and inhalants. ...more

November 6, 2007

The article on the purchase of the Nan-Ces-O-Wee Hotel was very interesting, and it brought back many memories of the past. ...more

October 17, 2007