The pain from state budget cuts was apparent Wednesday morning as Highlands County's three state legislators spent nearly three hours listening to requests from local officials and social service agencies at the annual legislative delegation meeting in the county commission chambers. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Rev. Howard Douglas Porter says he tried to brake before his truck plunged into an irrigation ditch, and that he made a desperate effort to save his elderly passenger from drowning in the mire. ...more

May 30, 2008

An investigator in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office logged on to the Internet recently to prove a point. ...more

February 18, 2008

An investigator in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office logged on to the Internet recently to prove a point. ...more

February 18, 2008

SEBRING — New blood can often shake up an organization, with fresh ideas, enthusiasm and willingness to serve. Newly elected S.A.L.T. Council President Nicole Montoya-Bragg was informed over the telephone of her nomination. She accepted the challenge. That set the tone for the rest of the meeting. The Highlands County Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) Council elected new officers Friday at its regularly scheduled meeting held at the Highlands County Sheriff's Office Community Service Center in the Lakeshore Mall. ...more

October 13, 2007