Paul Hinman, crime prevention practitioner with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, received an alert from Pinellas County about threats toward seniors in shopping center parking lots. ...more

December 17, 2008

At about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, reports of shots being fired alerted Sebring police to an armed robbery at the L&M Food Store, located at 1411 Roseland Ave., in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more

December 11, 2008

An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men. ...more

November 19, 2008

A Navy chief petty officer accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners is awaiting a military court's recommendation on whether he should be court-martialed. ...more

November 15, 2008

Chief Warrant Officer Bob Turner spent most of the last year at an Army base in Afghanistan, far from his fellow sailors and the sea. The 28-year veteran was one of thousands of sailors attached by themselves to Army and Marine units, groups that trained together stateside - without them. ...more

November 2, 2008

Sebring police continue their search for the shooter or shooters who fired upon officers Oct. 3 at Orange Blossom Avenue and First Street in the Highlands Home subdivision. ...more

November 1, 2008

It was 18 years ago that I last saw then-Cmdr. Kevin Cosgriff. I was climbing (actually hanging on for dear life) down a rope ladder over the side of the USS Robert G. Bradley into a pilot boat that would haul me back to Egmont Key as the guided missile frigate moved slowly in the dawn light just beyond the Sunshine Skyway. ...more

October 22, 2008

No one was hit after seven or eight shots were fired at three Sebring police officers shortly after midnight Friday, as they spoke with each other at Orange Blossom Avenue and First Street in the Highlands Homes subdivision. ...more

October 4, 2008

A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $42,500 bond Tuesday, after he was charged as a suspect in the strong-arm robbery of the owner of Donut King. ...more

September 30, 2008

An Avon Park man was free Wednesday on $3,250 bail after police say the man - who was stopped for questioning - resisted, then violently fought with a police officer when the officer's Taser malfunctioned Saturday night. ...more

September 11, 2008