The former editor of the Lake Placid Journal was free Thursday on $1,000 bail after he was arrested on a warrant charging him with obtaining a prescription drug fraudulently. ...more

July 4, 2009

The U.S. Postal Service's plans to close the Lake Mary office and consolidate the central region with the Sun Coast region will not affect Highlands County, spokesman Gary Sawtelle said Tuesday. ...more

March 25, 2009

As community resource director for Big Brothers Big Sisters in Highlands County, I would like to share our heartfelt thanks to the community for supporting our agency. ...more

February 21, 2009

SEBRING –– Princeton Harris can't remember when the annual Taveniere holiday basketball tournament started, but he has a pretty good idea of where his team will be when it finishes. "The Taveniere is my judge," said Harris, Sebring's boys basketball coach, who noted the tournament's been going since he graduated SHS in 1987. "I'll go into my office Saturday night and know where we're at, and what kind of things we need to work on the rest of the season." The eight-team tournament tips off Thursday, when Inlet Grove takes on Mulberry at 3 p.m. That game is followed by a 4:30 p.m. meeting between Gateway (Kissimmee) and George Jenkins, a 6 p.m. game between Avon Park and Lakeland, and, finally, the opening nightcap between host Sebring and Riviera Beach-Sun Coast at 7:30 p.m. ...more

December 26, 2007

Mike Young begged God not to take his life. He lay in a Venice Hospital bed for nearly three weeks in June thinking of all the things he never got the chance to do - have children, celebrate his first wedding anniversary or see his newlywed wife finish college. ...more

December 24, 2007

One week after five people were killed in what authorities think was a domestic bloodbath, the family of three of the victims has issued a statement. ...more

December 22, 2007

LARGO - One week after five people were killed in what authorities think was a domestic bloodbath, the family of three of the victims has issued a statement. ...more

December 21, 2007