Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

January 8, 2010

For years, homeowners tried to control the hydrilla on Lake August. Over the years, the Placid Lakes Home and Property Owners Association spent $32,000 to kill the leafy submerged plants. ...more

January 8, 2010

Pig Fest is set for today and Jan. 9 at Firemen's Field in Sebring. - ...more

January 8, 2010

In the last decade TV news reporters have inaccurately used the terms: "next" "straight ahead" and "but first" when they really meant "eventually" or "sooner or later." This should have served as a cautionary notice for a breakdown in communication. ...more

January 8, 2010

Lake Placid Senior softball league play for 2010 got underway on Monday at the Lake June ball fields. ...more

January 7, 2010

A Lake Placid man discovered evidence of his home burglary inside his mother's car and his brother was eventually arrested for the crime, according to authorities. ...more

January 7, 2010

Highlands County has heard the last of Eagle National Security Training Center, but Southern Farms owner Ron Grigsby isn't saying whether he'll sue or appeal. ...more

January 7, 2010

January 6, 2010

Bundles of frost cloth were the big seller for at least one area nursery as property owners, municipalities and businesses blanketed the Heartland to save their decorative plants from predicted freezing temperatures. ...more

January 5, 2010

Lake Placid's Shannon Cummings has only been diving for two years and the Green Dragons sophomore continues to shine when she's on the board or in the air. ...more

January 5, 2010