Polk County deputies are investigating an armed robbery Friday afternoon at a store in Fort Meade. ...more

January 24, 2009

For the third time in the past month, the Florida High School Athletic Association has reorganized the state's football district assignments for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. ...more

January 24, 2009

Johnequa Perry scored a game-high 13 points and Ja'mee Hawthorne chipped in 12 points as the Avon Park girls basketball team defeated Fort Meade 51-34 in a non-district match-up on Thursday. ...more

January 17, 2009

The following people were booked Friday, Jan. 2 through Sunday Jan. 4 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

January 7, 2009

Miracle Johnson weighed about a pound when she was born prematurely, and it took nurturing and nursing to get her to where she needed to be in life, said Alvin Mitchell, a family member. ...more

December 25, 2008

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday afternoon after an 11-year-old boy visiting her Fort Meade home for Christmas shot her with a gun found in the bedroom, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 24, 2008

In an orange grove east of here, rows of tree stumps mark the hard reality of an endemic disease that growers fear could cripple Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry. ...more

December 21, 2008

A 100-acre brush fire in Polk County has been contained, authorities report.. ...more

December 10, 2008

Losing senior guard Kaneisha Hamilton to a back injury didn't help the chances of the Lake Placid girls basketball team against Fort Meade on Thursday night. ...more

December 6, 2008

As the fourth quarter's final seconds ticked away, Daija Barrett hauled in a rebound and immediately called for a time-out, but the Avon Park girls basketball team had none left, and the buzzer sounded the end of a Fort Meade victory over the Red Devils on Monday. ...more

December 3, 2008