A dispatch went out at about noon Tuesday about a brush fire close to a house in the 1500 block of Lake Josephine Drive. ...more

November 19, 2009

Move over Howl-O-Scream. The production might be smaller, but the organizers of Cork Knights of Screams 5 feel they can hold their own against Busch Garden's premiere Halloween fright night. ...more

October 28, 2009

Halloween and fall-themed events are getting under way, including a pumpkin patch at First United Methodist Church, Unity in the Community's haunted maze and Cork Knights of Screams 5. ...more

October 21, 2009

On behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the West Sebring Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank the patrons of Highlands County who donated their spare change and bills during our annual MDA Boot Drive, which was held from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 18 at the intersection of Sebring Parkway and U.S. 27. ...more

July 28, 2009

One mobile home caught fire, and it burned the roof off a second house before firefighters could control the blaze. ...more

March 14, 2009

Talk about locks of love. Evolutions Hair Design in Spring Hill will host a "Hair-a-thon" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday to raise money for Joe Cascio, an assistant fire chief at the Hernando Beach Volunteer Fire Department who was injured in a car accident last month. ...more

March 14, 2009

The West Sebring Volunteer Fire Department has not just been busy, it's been very busy. ...more

March 11, 2009

The importance of good neighbors can't be denied. When Dottie Hackett found out that Todd and Ellen Tillman had lost tools worth $20,000, along with family heirlooms, in a fire March 2 that destroyed two outbuildings, she got busy. Hackett and her neighbors donated a total of about $200 to Bagwell Lumber Co. ...more

March 10, 2009

Which comic book character was the top selling comic book of 1969, with over a half-million copies sold? ...more

March 6, 2009

A passing driver alerted an Avon Park couple to a shed fire Tuesday morning in the rear of their North Torrington Road home, said Fire Chief Earl Gray, with the Highlands Lakes Volunteer Fire Department. ...more

March 4, 2009