A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured after they were struck by a semi-tractor trailer truck ...more

April 23, 2009

Bearss Avenue at Bruce B. Downs Boulevard has reopened. ...more

February 21, 2009

A 75-year-old Spring Hill man was killed in a three-car collision Monday morning on County Line Road, east of Runyon Drive. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 75-year-old Spring Hill man was killed in a three-car collision Monday morning on County Line Road, east of Runyon Drive ...more

February 16, 2009

Three people were hospitalized and three others received less serious injuries when a tractor trailer hauling boxes of oranges hit a sports utility vehicle Saturday night on U.S. 27 in Polk County. ...more

January 11, 2009

A St. Petersburg man was sentenced today to 111 months in prison and his former girlfriend 46 months for selling thousands of pounds of marijuana. U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew imposed the prison terms on Keith Pritchett, 29, and Monique Pruitt, 28, both of 4225 Cortez Way S. They both pleaded guilty Aug. 26 to conspiring to possess with the intent of distributing large quantities of marijuana. ...more

November 26, 2008

It probably wasn't mice, but it could have been a rat who stole a semi-tractor trailer with 18 pallets of Wisconsin cheese, parked on U.S. 27 in front of Florida Hospital in Lake Placid. ...more

July 28, 2008

911 is hitting the road. That's the plan anyway when the sheriff's mobile command center is updated with equipment for six dispatcher positions. The E-911 state grant program will cover the $342,843 tab required to complete the renovation. ...more

July 25, 2008

More demand for recycled materials and better technology to process them have combined to raise Highlands County's revenue from its recycling operation to an all-time high. ...more

July 18, 2008

The cramped quarters inside the sheriff's office earned some much-needed relief last year when dispatch moved out. ...more

June 14, 2008