A Fox Chapel Middle School student claims a fellow student at the school inappropriately touched her numerous times resulting in an arrest Friday. ...more

November 23, 2009

A Lake Placid Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after school officials reportedly found a gun in his book bag. ...more

November 20, 2009

When state officials elected last month not to renew a contract with San Antonio Boys Village, directors at the facility for teenage boys with legal problems were left scrambling to find a way to stay open. ...more

October 25, 2009

Juvenile and adult defendants entering the Highlands County Courthouse are treated the same when it comes to shackling - all wear them. ...more

October 25, 2009

Because of a reporter's error, a page A1 story in Thursday's edition, "Stupid, stupid mistake earns handcuffs," incorrectly stated that Gunnar Gundersen was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Ocala. ...more

August 28, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, Aug. 12 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

August 14, 2009

A 13-year-old Lake Placid boy was in the care Friday of the Department of Juvenile Justice in Bartow after he was charged in connection with the July 16 burglary of a home in the 100 block of Cumberland Street. ...more

July 25, 2009

A 16-year-old Sebring boy was arrested after threatening his 17-year-old sister for calling him a name, according to police records. ...more

July 24, 2009

Children no longer would be arrested for such minor violations of zero tolerance polices as bringing plastic butter knives to school, drawing pictures of guns or throwing an eraser under measures moving through the Florida Legislature. ...more

March 25, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009