Investigators are still looking for the person who opened fire at 2607 Pompino Drive at 12:02 a.m. Monday and injured one man. ...more

December 8, 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

Police are looking for two gunmen who robbed occupants of a home west of the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. ...more

June 17, 2009

Investigators have identified the body found Monday in the Sun 'N Lakes subdivision in Lake Placid. ...more

April 23, 2009

A body found in the Sun 'n Lakes subdivision Monday afternoon is being treated as a homicide. ...more

April 22, 2009

A body found in the Sun 'n Lakes subdivision Monday afternoon is being treated as a homicide. ...more

April 21, 2009

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend. ...more

March 30, 2009

After handing over several firearms to a Highlands County sheriff's deputy, a 60-year-old man pulled another handgun and shot himself in the presence of the deputy on Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

Cashiers, bartenders and waitresses now have a much greater chance of being caught if they sell alcohol to an underage person. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 12-year-old girl who never returned from school on Monday. ...more

March 3, 2009