She almost made a clean getaway. But a resident foiled her plans when she spotted 55-year-old Vallarie Delor Thompson, swiping two jugs of laundry detergent from her garage Monday afternoon, according to a police report. ...more

July 22, 2009

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Three people have been accused of letting rats bite a 6-week-old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home. ...more

July 21, 2009

A Highlands County jury returned a not guilty verdict June 9 for a Lake Placid man charged with felony fleeing/eluding a law enforcement officer. ...more

June 19, 2009

A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison this morning on attempted murder and other charges stemming from a July 2005 shootout with police. ...more

June 12, 2009

Prosecutors have dropped a case against a woman accused of stealing three large drawings from Mark Lunsford, the father of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford who was kidnapped and killed in 200 ...more

June 7, 2009

A man accused of driving drunk and causing a 30-minute series of crashes that ended with the deaths of two women pleaded not guilty today to charges stemming from the April 13 incident. ...more

May 13, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, May 7 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

May 10, 2009

A Sebring man remains in jail Tuesday on a $16,000 bond following his Friday arrest in connection with first-degree attempted murder. ...more

May 5, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 oxycodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 1, 2009

A UPS employee is accused of stealing 10,400 OxyCodone pills that were supposed to be delivered to pharmacies, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 30, 2009