Officers with the Sebring Police Department will be out at Sebring Middle School Tuesday and Thursday for their Active Shooter Response Training. ...more

August 4, 2009

Of the 500-plus students enrolled in the 2009 senior class, 300-plus graduated. Where will the 200-plus find their place in society, or will they? Now there are 35-plus students at the Sebring Middle School who did not graduate; however, they are still young and must seek fortitude. ...more

June 21, 2009

Moving the sheriff's office to the Restoration Church, or any other location outside the city, is a big mistake. To move the department it will continually add more expenditure of time and money to travel to the courthouse as well as create a security risk in moving prisoners. Instead, convert the Sebring Middle School into a sheriff's office where ample parking is already available. Classrooms would provide space for personnel departments while the principal's office could be used for Sheriff Benton and additional jail space could be added to the gym. ...more

May 2, 2009

Chris Doty's brief investigation revealed that 19 Sebring Middle School students had been drinking on campus during one day. ...more

March 28, 2009

Twelve Fred Wild Elementary students had been taken out of school early by their parents by 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday. ...more

February 19, 2009

In January 2008, the Sebring City Council denied the county engineer's proposal to close Eucalyptus Street to through traffic once the Sebring Parkway Phase II is finished for pedestrian safety. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Highlands County District School Advisory Council (DSAC) will meet from 6 - 7:30 p.m., Feb. 2 in the Garland Boggus Board Room at the School Board of Highlands County, 426 School St., Sebring. ...more

January 31, 2009

Forty-one-year educator, Avon Park Middle School Principal Dan Johnson, has announced he will retire at the end of the school year. ...more

January 27, 2009

With the 2008 hurricane season coming to a close on Nov. 30, Superintendent of Schools Wally Cox has recommended not making up the one day schools were closed due to Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

November 18, 2008

A Sebring Middle School student was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession of a weapon on school property after he was allegedly found in possession of a razor blade. The 14-year-old student was taken to Sebring Police Department Officer Wilma Tindell's office by school paraprofessional Harry "Bud" Young, according to the arrest report. Young told the officer that students informed him the subject had the weapon while in the gym. ...more

November 13, 2008