The Highlands County Health Department has opened three free H1N1 vaccination clinics to the public. The department estimates that each clinic is able to vaccinate about 1,000 people. ...more

December 9, 2009

Gary Pinnell's informative article of Dec. 2 points out that the good old boys on the County Commission want to tax your Internet purchases made in other states, increase your license plate fees and curtail your homestead exemptions. What a shock! The County Commission has been riding a tax and spend gravy train consisting of double digit annual spending increases for years. This has funded years of very generous annual pay raises for all employees, $3,000 bonuses for the Sheriff's Office, the elaborate unnecessary ball park, the road to nowhere (also known as the Sebring Parkway or Carl's Catastrophe), a new layer of top level bureaucrats and thousands of dollars worth of stolen, lost and/or misplaced taxpayer funded property, etc. ...more

December 7, 2009

This is dedicated to "all" veterans who have first hand seen and know the tremendous cost of freedom we have paid in all of our wars for the cost of freedom. Sixty-eight years ago on the morning of Dec. 7, the sky over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was filled with Japanese planes. When the last wave of attacking aircraft rejoined the Japanese fleet, there were 2,395 military, including 54 civilians killed and 1,158 wounded, including the military and 35 civilians. ...more

December 7, 2009

After a sluggish start, the Lake Placid girls soccer team found its offense in the second half and splashed its way to a 3-0 win over Avon Park on Friday night at a rain-drenched Joe Franza Stadium. ...more

December 6, 2009

With its best player out with the flu, the Lake Placid boys basketball team battled a talented Okeechobee squad on even terms for most of the game before falling by a score of 64-56 on Thursday night. ...more

December 5, 2009

Alonzo Robertson scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Avon Park boys basketball team to a 68-50 district win over Frostproof on Tuesday night in the Red Devils gym. ...more

December 3, 2009

The following people were booked Tuesday, Dec. 1 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 3, 2009

This year, Highlands County will improve its jail and build new streets. ...more

December 3, 2009

A real Christmas tree - it was a new sight and smell for 4 1/2- month-old Taryn as she accompanied her grandparents Monday on their annual venture to find just the right tree to centerpiece their holiday decorating. ...more

December 1, 2009

Our current system, which allows an elite few to amass unimaginable wealth by exploiting the sickness and suffering of millions of people, is immoral, unconscionable and un-American. Private enterprise should never be in control of people's life and death decisions. ...more

November 30, 2009