About halfway through a 90-minute performance, the men and women of the Betmar Chorus produced bandannas and tied them around their necks. ...more

March 26, 2009

Busloads of kids, ages 4 through 14, were broken up into groups to learn more about Florida's water resources and the importance of protecting nature. ...more

August 13, 2008

In the Monday, June 9, edition of Highlands Today, a story was written by Gary Pinnell, giving an excellent historical account of Barry Smith, a Women Air force Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. ...more

June 11, 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