Highlands County officials, in conjunction with local fire departments and the Florida Division of Forestry, has implemented a countywide burn ban effective immediately. ...more

March 17, 2009

A small fire in Thonotosassa was brought under control by fire fighters quickly tonight, but one person has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. ...more

November 2, 2008

A meeting was scheduled to take place at Pristine Place earlier this month. ...more

August 28, 2008

Fred Rothenbush sat at the easel in his home in Ruskin one recent morning, applying finishing touches to a large canvas depicting a military scene. ...more

February 20, 2008

SEBRING — After searching a county landfill for a nearly a week for the body of an infant that was reportedly thrown in the garbage by a Lake Placid woman, law enforcement officials will "re-evaluate" today whether they will continue searching. Sheriff Susan Benton said late Sunday morning that she, the state attorney and the lead detectives needed to speak to the medical examiner to determine if the search could produce anything further at this point. "We need to make a decision from a logistics standpoint based on the expert's opinions," she said. ...more

December 3, 2007

TAMPA - Bevis Elementary School is on lockdown as Hillsborough fire and rescue investigators search for a gas leak inside the school at 5720 Osprey Ridge Drive in Lithia, fire spokesman Ray Yeakley said. ...more

November 6, 2007