The phrase "sleep when you're dead" can easily apply to Black Friday shoppers. ...more

November 28, 2009

Health department officials aren't sure whether a man who died was from Highlands County, or whether he died from the swine flu, but his death was established this week by FloridasHealth.com. He was one of 167 in the state of Florida. ...more

November 28, 2009

Tammy Taylor, 43, of Avon Park, was arrested Monday on a warrant charging her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. ...more

November 28, 2009

Jury selection was supposed to start Monday in the trial of Highlands County inmate Terrence Barnett, but it had nothing to do with his connection to the death of Polk County Detention Sgt. Ronnie Brown. ...more

November 28, 2009

Four years ago - the height of the real estate boom - only a few homes were priced under $100,000. ...more

November 27, 2009

A portion of Center Avenue from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Railroad Street will be closed for vehicular traffic starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30 until further notice due to roadway construction by Excavation Point Inc. ...more

November 27, 2009

Patients who use the Highlands County Health Department's Sebring clinic will have to go to its clinics in Avon Park or Lake Placid until remodeling work at the Sebring location is complete in about a month's time. ...more

November 27, 2009

A man was arrested Tuesday night after police say he stabbed another person in the leg following an argument at an Avon Park bar. ...more

November 27, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, Nov. 24 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 26, 2009

Once Highlands County residents have stuffed themselves full of turkey, they can stuff their shopping carts full of Christmas gifts as the holiday shopping season officially kicks off Friday. ...more

November 26, 2009