A two-vehicle accident at U.S. 27 and Valerie Boulevard just before 11 a.m. Friday injured one motorist. ...more

December 5, 2009

A two-vehicle accident at U.S. 27 and Valerie Boulevard just before 11 a.m. Friday injured one motorist. ...more

December 4, 2009

Rescue personnel had to extricate three passengers from a three-vehicle crash at 106th Avenue North and Fourth Street North about 6:15 this evening. ...more

January 7, 2009

SEBRING Two motorists were transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center following a two-vehicle accident late Friday morning. ...more

November 8, 2008

A St. Petersburg man with a history of traffic violations plunged 35 feet into a ravine while trying to elude authorities early this morning, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 26, 2008

One driver of a two-vehicle crash Friday near the Raceway gas station, south of Sebring, died Sunday at Tampa General Hospital, a Florida Highway Patrol press release stated. ...more

July 23, 2008

A broadside crash at the intersection of northbound U.S. 27 South and Orange Boulevard ended with two women being rushed to Highlands Regional Medical Center and man being airlifted to Tampa General Hospital. ...more

July 20, 2008

SEBRING — In 2008, one of Highlands County's 13 volunteer fire departments will become the first to merge with the county's Emergency Medical Service. Steve Plunkett Coltharp, the acting EMS director, thinks picking the Lake Placid Volunteer Department is both the cheapest and best way to go. "This is a first step," said Coltharp, a 22-year EMS veteran. Whether Lake Placid or one of the 12 other volunteer fire departments is chosen, one fire department will be the first with full-time, certified paramedics serving on its fire trucks at all times. ...more

December 28, 2007

TAMPA - The Bay area sent special jaws of life – three search-and-rescue dogs – to Jacksonville this morning to assist rescuers searching a collapsed parking garage for someone who might be trapped there. ...more

December 6, 2007

A recent string of Hillsborough County school bus accidents requiring emergency rescue response prompted the Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department to dedicate its annual open house to children this year. ...more

October 12, 2007