There's nothing for teenagers to do in Highlands County. Those words have become a mantra for some local teens, and an excuse for many to move away, in search of greener pastures after high school graduation. ...more

November 2, 2008

What was a local man going to do when stranded in Indiana after his identity was stolen and bank accounted drained? ...more

September 26, 2008

A 15-year-old Sebring High School boy was in the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice on Friday after sheriff's investigators say he was caught in school with marijuana for distribution and then escaped out of the D.A.R.E. van and was recaptured. ...more

August 30, 2008

The Sebring High School boys golf team hit the road for its first match of the season on Monday, and Mother Nature hit back. ...more

August 27, 2008

Dale Grubb was driving around Wauchula last fall, mulling over a request from parents and coaches about starting a booster club for the Sebring High School football program. ...more

August 16, 2008

Despite a struggling economy and numerous dark clouds that gathered throughout the day, the inaugural Sebring Cheerleaders golf tournament came off without a hitch on Saturday at Pinecrest Golf Club. ...more

August 11, 2008

One by one, or in small groups, members of the Sebring High School Blue Streaks Marching Band exited the bright sun of the practice field at South Florida Community College for a seat in the shade. ...more

August 2, 2008

AVON PARK — Facing a two-shot deficit entering Friday's final round of the All-State championships, Blake Liles came through with a 75 to finish first in the boys 17-18 age group in the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour event at Highlands Ridge North. Liles, who plays on the Sebring High School golf team, shot a 69 over 16 holes on Thursday at Highlands Ridge South, and finished with a two-day total of 144, while Clay Davis, a member of the Avon Park High School golf team, placed second after rounds of 67-79-146. ...more

June 28, 2008

SEBRING – A Sebring woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $111,000 bond and a 16-year-old Sebring boy was turned over to the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice in Bartow after they were arrested in connection with a robbery Monday evening on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Sharome Shurphybellamy Foster, 20, of 412 Vicki Terrace, was charged with robbery no firearm or weapon and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. The 16-year-old Sebring High School student was charged with robbery only. It was about 7 p.m. Monday when sheriff's deputies say Foster drove the 16-year-old and an unnamed suspect to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Cemetery Road where the teenager and unnamed suspect reportedly got out of the car and robbed the 34-year-old male victim of his cell phone. The telephone was valued at $39. ...more

June 26, 2008

Attention all homeowners of Sun 'N Lakes south, there is an opportunity for the community to get the sidewalk extended to the south along Sun 'N Lakes Boulevard, which will give those who live south of Sweetheart Avenue, safer walking. The existing sidewalk gets a lot of use by those who get their daily exercise by walking along that half mile that goes to Highway 29. ...more

June 19, 2008