Could recover $150,000 a year, official says. ...more

September 17, 2008

The city is one step closer to charging insurance companies - or uninsured out-of-towners - for services provided when the police and fire departments respond to a car wreck or house fire. ...more

September 17, 2008

Investigators from the Sebring and Avon Park police departments and the sheriff's offices from Orange and Highlands counties took down what Sheriff Susan Benton called a "burglary and robbery ring." ...more

September 10, 2008

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office credits the cooperative work of the Sebring and Avon Park police departments, the Orange County Sheriff's Office and Highlands County sheriff's detectives with the take down of what it has labeled a "burglary and robbery ring". In a news release, the sheriff's office states the three members arrested are responsible for crimes in multiple jurisdictions. ...more

September 8, 2008

For Harold Jackson, the walls have asphyxiated the area around Fremont Linear Park. ...more

July 5, 2008

It's no exaggeration to say Bill James, who died Monday at age 75, pulled Hillsborough County's reputation out of the mud. ...more

June 19, 2008

AVON PARK — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond Thursday, after he was arrested on a warrant in connection with a joint drug sting conducted by Avon Park and Lake Wales police departments. Michael Lamar Williams, 25, also known as Michael Lamar Small, Michael Williams and Michael Pye, of 1618 Penny Ave., Sebring, (according to Highlands County Sheriff's Booking) or of 171 E. Rainbow St., Avon Park (according to the arrest report), on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a church and sale of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a church. Undercover Lake Wales Police detectives reported that on Feb. 1 they were driving in the 800 block of South Delaney Avenue when they were flagged down by buy $20 worth of "green or tree," a common street-level name for marijuana. ...more

May 29, 2008

Port Richey, following the surprise announcement last week that Matt Brewi was resigning as the city's public safety director after little more than one year on the job, is faced with a couple of options, according to City Manager Richard Reade. Since this is Port Richey neither make much sense. One or the other, however, will be chosen. ...more

May 21, 2008

POLK CITY – A raid on a marijuana-growing operation Tuesday by a Polk County drug task force led to the arrest of one man. ...more

May 7, 2008

The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008