A 20-month-old girl, who authorities believe was injured while in the care of an Avon Park police officer, remains hospitalized in very critical condition Wednesday, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

April 1, 2009

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend. ...more

March 30, 2009

Jury selection for the man accused killing a woman in a Brandon nightclub got underway today. ...more

March 30, 2009

Juan Carlos Rivera, 19, was reported missing from a residence on Mercedes Street in Sebring after a dispute with his family, said Lt. Kenny Johnson of Highlands County Sheriff's Office. The dispute occurred last night at about 6:30 p.m. Rivera fled on foot. ...more

March 30, 2009

Juan Carlos Rivera, 19, was reported missing from a residence on Mercedes Street in Sebring after a dispute with his family, said Lt. Kenny Johnson of Highlands County Sheriff's Office. The dispute occurred last night at about 6:30 p.m. Rivera fled on foot. ...more

March 29, 2009

SEBRING Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams thinks legislation like House Bill 1107 prevents supervising officers from conducting a "half-decent" internal affairs investigation. ...more

March 28, 2009

A Sebring man remained in jail Friday on a $55,000 bond after being arrested and charged Wednesday with battering a woman and kidnapping. ...more

March 28, 2009

Scott Martin, 37, was arrested Sunday and charged with cruelty toward a child and misdemeanor battery. ...more

March 26, 2009

Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009