All five Avon Park wrestlers won their opening-round matches on Friday morning at the Class 1A state wrestling meet at Lakeland Center. ...more

February 21, 2009

Some time ago I wrote concerning feral cats. I urged removal of the front claws to stop cats from climbing trees and eating a nest of baby birds (I visualize the size of a nest of baby birds to the size of a can of cat food.) I have seen nothing in your paper regarding this. According to an article in Highlands Today on what is being done for feral cats, it will take five years to get the problem under control in our small area? What do the bird people think about this? ...more

February 20, 2009

A City of Avon Park employee was fired from his job after an altercation with another worker at the city's wastewater treatment plant. ...more

February 19, 2009

Kyle Jackson's double in the first inning turned out to be the Red Devils' only offense on Tuesday as a talented Auburndale squad topped Avon Park for the second straight day, 6-0, at the Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament at Head Field. ...more

February 19, 2009

I realize that we seem to have beaten a dead horse when we talk about prices at the pump for gasoline. But after seeing a story in Highlands Today I couldn't resist adding a few more comments on the subject. ...more

February 19, 2009

There have been several articles in the Highlands Today regarding subject matter on the Spring Lake Golf Course. The last one of Feb. 3 was the best article written to date. ...more

February 19, 2009

Greg Smith was 5-for-5 with five runs scored and Jerry Neufang slammed two home runs on Monday night to lead the South Florida Community College baseball team to a 16-2 victory over Webber International University's B-team. ...more

February 18, 2009

After losing only one starter to graduation and with eight returning players, Sebring boys tennis coach Jack Holt has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the 2009 season. ...more

February 16, 2009

James Bland, Kemosi Hatten and Jace Grimmett each won regional titles on Saturday night and the Avon Park wrestling team missed out on a team regional championship by the closest of margins at the Class 1A-Region 2 meet at Matanzas High School. ...more

February 15, 2009

Alakhir Daniels saw some of himself when looking at a black and white video surveillance photo of a bank robbery suspect that ran in the Jan. 6 edition of Highlands Today. ...more

February 15, 2009