Victim also was the boy's guardian ...more

January 7, 2010

Police were called six times in 2009 to the house where an 11-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend are accused of trying to kill the girl's mother by setting the mother's bed on fire. ...more

January 2, 2010

A Fox Chapel Middle School student claims a fellow student at the school inappropriately touched her numerous times resulting in an arrest Friday. ...more

November 23, 2009

A Lake Placid Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after school officials reportedly found a gun in his book bag. ...more

November 20, 2009

Juvenile and adult defendants entering the Highlands County Courthouse are treated the same when it comes to shackling - all wear them. ...more

October 25, 2009

When state officials elected last month not to renew a contract with San Antonio Boys Village, directors at the facility for teenage boys with legal problems were left scrambling to find a way to stay open. ...more

October 25, 2009

Because of a reporter's error, a page A1 story in Thursday's edition, "Stupid, stupid mistake earns handcuffs," incorrectly stated that Gunnar Gundersen was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Ocala. ...more

August 28, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, Aug. 12 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

August 14, 2009

A 13-year-old Lake Placid boy was in the care Friday of the Department of Juvenile Justice in Bartow after he was charged in connection with the July 16 burglary of a home in the 100 block of Cumberland Street. ...more

July 25, 2009

A 16-year-old Sebring boy was arrested after threatening his 17-year-old sister for calling him a name, according to police records. ...more

July 24, 2009