I would appreciate information on the duties of the association cleaning common areas. For years I have hired workers to clean the dirt and mildew from my front walk and the walls around my front doorway. Recently, a neighbor informed me that my association board is responsible for such cleaning. She said it should be automatically done before the snowbirds return. Just who is responsible? ...more

December 27, 2009

A 46-year-old man tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend by setting fire to her Lutz home, according to the state fire marshal's office. William P. Harris poured accelerant on the home's doorway and set fire to it Wednesday, an arrest report states. The door is the home's only exit. ...more

December 3, 2009

Police say they arrested a Sebring man for felony battery Friday after a 7-year-old girl alerted a librarian at the Sebring City Library that her mother and boyfriend were fighting. ...more

October 21, 2009

A wanted man described his flight from deputies as a "big game of hide and seek." ...more

May 4, 2009

It was deathly still inside the brick home Lisa McLendon shared with her 28-year-old son, save for the flames that crackled as her body lay on a smoldering couch under a heap of burning clothes. ...more

March 12, 2009

A Sebring man was out of jail Tuesday on a $20,500 bond after his weekend arrest for allegedly trying to sell drugs within a short distance from Sebring Middle School. ...more

March 7, 2009

The child was playing in the yard and ran into the street when his mother went inside for a moment, police said. ...more

March 6, 2009

Police are looking for more information about gunfire Wednesday night that wounded a man on an apartment balcony. ...more

January 15, 2009

Sarasota police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night in the 1800 block of 20th Street. ...more

October 16, 2008

A local man was charged with attempted murder after police say he opened fire with a gun in the area of Lula B. White Street, early Thursday morning, striking a residence. ...more

October 10, 2008