Three years ago Wanda Brote called the county's veterans services office and asked if they needed help with their food drive. ...more

November 10, 2009

Dec. 7, 1941 was a day not easily forgotten as more than four dozen county county residents gathered Sunday for Pearl Harbor Remembrance at the Medal of Honor Park. ...more

December 8, 2008

The space for the Highlands County Veterans Services building - which serves more than 1,000 veterans per month - will increase tenfold. ...more

August 27, 2008

SEBRING — Ever since a citizens advisory committee on impact fees was proposed, one rumor has swirled around it – that some members would recommend suspending impact fees as a financial incentive to kick start the sluggish building industry. That rumor never was verified, but it doesn't matter now. Suspending impact fees, and suspending building permit fees, too, will be discussed openly at the top level of county government as a means to lift up the local economy. County Commissioner Guy Maxcy guaranteed that will happen Tuesday when he brought the idea up at the county commission meeting. ...more

February 19, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County's most decorated war hero received another post-mortem honor this week. On the Island of Negros in the Philippines, a large memorial marker was set on the crash site where the late Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. died in battle. McGuire, a Highlands County native who won the Congressional Medal of Honor as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II, died at that spot 63 years ago while on a mission that turned into a desperate dog fight. ...more

January 17, 2008

SEBRING –– Three commercial buildings are being considered as the new home of Highlands County Veterans Services. County officials are investigating the possibility of buying and renovating one of the three. Two are brand new, including Liberty Plaza, an unoccupied structure for professional services and retail on U.S. 27 at George Boulevard. The other new building is partially occupied. While this option is being checked out, plans to construct a new building for Veterans Services, approved back in May, have temporarily been placed on hold. ...more

September 25, 2007