A Big Lots employee was outside the store smoking when a Tampa man asked whether she thought he was sexy, and he exposed himself and simulated a sexual act, police say. Police arrested Paul Morales Hernandez at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The incident took place at the Big Lots at 8865 N. Florida Ave., police say. ...more

March 30, 2009

Dennis Keppel was recycling his cardboard at the county recycling bins adjacent to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex in Avon Park Tuesday, although it took him a while to figure out where the bins were. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of the "Discount Bandit" in the murder of a clerk at a St. Petersburg Big Lots on Christmas Eve 1997. ...more

January 29, 2009

How many people read every last page in the Highlands Today? I did today; a nice quiet Sunday, and guess what I found? It was an announcement from the U.S. Navy. The Navy has announced that it has indefinitely suspended its plans to drop live bombs at the Avon Park Bombing Range; why? Well not because of the hundreds of signatures my sister and I were able to collect standing out in front of Big Lots last year, to protest it. Seems just like all of us "plain folks," the Navy is short of funds. ...more

January 20, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - People were lined up outside the Land O' Lakes Community Center on U.S. 41 as early as 4 a.m. ...more

December 24, 2008

A thrift store with a unique mission will kick off its holiday season Tuesday with a shopping extravaganza. ...more

December 3, 2008

A man was released from jail Monday on a $10,000 bond after being arrested and charged with robbery with a firearm. ...more

November 26, 2008

You could tell something out of the ordinary was going on by the Sun Point Shopping Center parking lot, which was overflowing with cars. The onslaught of cars and people was because the new Big Lots officially opened at 9 a.m. Friday at 3048 College Ave. E. ...more

October 16, 2008

e.l.f. All Over Color Stick Available at Target, Kmart, Big Lots and other discount stores; $1 for a small stick ...more

October 11, 2008

The Avon Park location where the Heartland Workforce Mobile One-Stop visits has changed. ...more

August 31, 2008