A Lake Placid man allegedly struck his 69-year-old mother-in-law several times and locked all her clothes, a laptop and phone wires in his bedroom after a Monday morning argument. ...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

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

A 53-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested over the weekend on charges he was trying to videotape up women's skirts at a Publix supermarket with a camera attached to his shoe. ...more

November 24, 2009

For 46 years, Ed Cain has carried the memory of witnessing Lee Harvey Oswald being gunned down by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. ...more

November 23, 2009

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

November 22, 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

A Sebring man remained in the Highlands County Jail Wednesday under no bond following his arrest for allegedly assaulting his brother's girlfriend and snatching her cell phone. ...more

November 19, 2009

Guests at a late-night house party got more than they bargained for when a van drove by and a man reportedly opened fire. ...more

November 17, 2009