The Hispanic student population is nearing 30 percent and black students account for 17 percent of students but minorities are noticeably under represented in the ranks of teachers and administrators in Highlands County district schools. ...more

November 23, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, Nov. 19 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 23, 2009

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2009 is 11.2 percent, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

November 22, 2009

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 22, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, Nov. 18 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

November 22, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in the Highlands County Jail Thursday under an $180,000 bond after being arrested on a warrant accusing him of exchanging sexual explicit correspondences and adult pornography with a 16-year-old girl. ...more

November 21, 2009

With retailers advertising Christmas sales earlier and earlier each year it seems as if Thanksgiving is getting lost in the shuffle. There was a time when Thanksgiving was treated more as a day of remembrance than just a day off giving people an opportunity to plan on how and where they were going to shop on the following morning. ...more

November 20, 2009

Approximately 90 residents were safely evacuated after a bomb threat was called in to the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center just before 4 p.m. Thursday. ...more

November 20, 2009

FRIDAY Highlands Social Dance Club to host the Stardusters ...more

November 20, 2009