The article on the front page of Highlands Today on June 10, was a well deserved tribute to Fred Leavitt and the organization he has grown from the ground up here in Highlands County, The Primal Connection. ...more

June 12, 2009

A routine traffic stop in Highlands County on Saturday led to the arrest of a North Carolina man charged with killing a soldier assigned to Fort Hood, Texas. ...more

June 9, 2009

Highlands Today has an article stating that Commissioner Carlson thinks that the county libraries should be used for research and not for pleasure. All we need is a politician telling us what we should read and do in the libraries that we, the public, bought and paid for. ...more

June 9, 2009

(AP) Florida is preparing for one of its largest National Guard mobilizations in history. ...more

April 25, 2009

Joseph Dionne, director of Highlands County Veterans Services, said Thursday the claim by the Highlands County Builders Association that no local subcontractors are working on the new Veterans Services building is wrong. ...more

April 24, 2009

The editorial board at the Highlands Today has the satirical sense of humor of the publishers of "The Onion." We have recently been treated to great pearls. There was the fellow who put Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann in the same scary category as terrorist groups Al Qaida and Hamas. ...more

April 16, 2009

Austin Gaines hit a solo home run and Tom Sicking had an RBI triple on Thursday, but St. Petersburg College took advantage of three costly Panther errors to steal a 7-2 victory from South Florida Community College in Suncoast Conference baseball action. ...more

April 12, 2009

A 3-year-old child was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital as a precautionary measure Friday morning after nearly drowning in a pool at 1230 Lake Lotela Drive in Avon Park. ...more

April 10, 2009

Kyle Jackson threw five no-hit innings and Chad Marley and Josh Gordon each had two hits on Wednesday to lead the Avon Park baseball team to an 11-1 victory over Booker in a Class 4A-District 10 makeup game. ...more

April 10, 2009

In the Highlands Today of March 28, a guest opinion piece was printed concerning opinions about the Oklahoma flag. I would like to enlighten readers about this beautiful flag. ...more

March 31, 2009