car accident or industrial accident, medical crisis, fell through the ice on a lake, lost in the woods or lost at sea, a lightning strike 10 feet away. ...more

June 30, 2009

Have you taken advantage of the low-cost air fares or have a low cost flight planned? ...more

April 13, 2009

A City of Avon Park employee was fired from his job after an altercation with another worker at the city's wastewater treatment plant. ...more

February 19, 2009

Thank you to Marc Valero for his article on the Career Academy. I want to add a comment that should go hand in hand with the quote from Mr. Lemler, "The academy is trying to prepare students, who don't plan to attend a four-year college." The national trend in career academies is to be an alternative route to a four-year college. ...more

October 13, 2008

The Florida Attorney General's office has received 50 gasoline price gouging complaints from Highlands County as of noon Monday. According to Florida law, price gouging on essential commodities, including gasoline, is prohibited during a declared state of emergency. ...more

September 15, 2008

With complaints of rocketing gas prices burying the state's price-gouging hot line, Attorney General Bill McCollum on Sunday issued subpoenas to four fuel companies that raised prices dramatically in recent days. ...more

September 15, 2008

With complaints of skyrocketing gas prices burying the state's price gouging hotline, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued subpoenas to four fuel companies seeking records to justify dramatic increases over the last four days. ...more

September 14, 2008

State Attorney, Sheriff Agree On Second Inventory By GARY PINNELL Highlands Today ...more

September 14, 2008

With one council member voting "no" to the budget, the Sebring City Council approved the city's 2008-09 budget and property tax rate. ...more

September 7, 2008

AVON PARK - Avon Park took Sebring's side in its mounting turf war with Sun 'n Lake's water utilities, asking the county to refuse Sun 'n Lake's request to let the district expand its water lines outside the district's limits. The Avon Park city council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday afternoon opposing Sun 'n Lake Improvement District's request to serve new developments, including a new assisted living facility located at 4029 Schumacher Road, just outside of Sebring's city limits. The request already provoked Sebring officials, who passed a similar resolution later that evening. ...more

August 28, 2008