Concerned citizens and Major Shirley Johnson, of Avon Park's Correctional Institution, are hosting a Veterans Day event at Southside Veterans Garden, also known as the "old triangle," in Avon Park. ...more

November 11, 2009

The Avon Park Police Department took a teenager into custody Aug. 1 for a burglary charge and now list him as the suspect in a string of vehicle and home burglaries that happened in late July. ...more

August 22, 2009

Cops: Woman Kicks, Bites Deputy LAKE PLACID - A Lake Placid woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bond Wednesday after she was accused by a sheriff's deputy of kicking and biting him and resisting him violently while she was being transported. ...more

September 13, 2008

Police arrested an Avon Park man and charged him as a suspect in the attempted murder of his brother. ...more

August 21, 2008

City police are investigating a drive-by-style shooting that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, in the 1300 block of Tulane Avenue. ...more

August 20, 2008

Three Avon Park women were free Wednesday on $1,500 bail each after they were arrested in connection with the theft of merchandise from the Lakeshore Mall Kmart store. ...more

September 20, 2007