Sebring Chamber Breakfast Set For Florida Hospital SEBRING — The Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce membership breakfast will be held at the Florida Hospital Heartland Division Conference Room on Tuesday, July 8. Breakfast will be served at 6:45 a.m. The program begins at 7:15. Big Brothers Big Sisters will be speaking about their new High School Drop Out Avoidance Program. The cost is $8 per person at the door. ...more

July 5, 2008

Here are some of the public celebrations scheduled for Independence Day: • 'Happy Birthday, U.S.A.' The Veterans Council of Highlands County Inc., the Veterans Advisory Board, and the Veterans Committee of the Sebring Elks will host a "Happy Birthday, U.S.A." ceremony at the Sebring Elks Lodge on Friday, July 4, at 10 a.m. ...more

June 29, 2008

More than 120 children, ages 2 through 13, cast their lines in the Brandon Elks Lodge's fifth annual Hooked on Fishing Not Drugs event May 17 at Doug Holmberg's property on Gallagher Road in Dover. ...more

June 21, 2008

Bug off, monkey around, morph to music and go gaming this summer as libraries and other local venues try to entertain, educate and erase boredom. ...more

June 17, 2008

Authorities are looking for a group of purse snatchers attacking people in the St. Petersburg-Treasure Island area. ...more

June 13, 2008

More than 120 children ages 2 to 13 cast their lines in the Brandon Elks Lodge's fifth annual Hooked on Fishing Not Drugs event May 17 at Doug Holmberg's property on Gallagher Road in Dover. ...more

June 11, 2008

EDC Board To Hold Meeting SEBRING — The board of directors for the Highlands County Industrial Development Authority/ Economic Development Commission will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 11 in the board room of the EDC office, 2113 U.S. 27 S., Sebring. ...more

June 7, 2008

The city may have scrapped plans for a July Fourth celebration at the municipal stadium, but there's another local Independence Day tradition that will carry on. ...more

June 4, 2008

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May 11, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has given "outstanding support to Operation Helping Hand and the active-duty wounded and injured at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center," said retired Army Lt. Col. Robert F. Sawallesh of Valrico, Operation Helping Hand vice chairman. ...more

May 10, 2008