An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail without bail Tuesday, charged with four counts of sexual battery on a child less than 12 years old. ...more

February 3, 2009

ORANGE PARK, Fla. - A keyboardist for the southern rock bank Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at his northeast Florida home. ...more

January 28, 2009

A local man remained in jail Thursday in lieu of a $200,000 bond following his arrest for allegedly stabbing a victim behind the ear. ...more

January 22, 2009

Jerry Nelson doesn't drive, so when he needs to go to the bank or the post office, he hops on his wife's three-wheel power scooter and heads out. ...more

January 14, 2009

A suspected drug dealer who hit a car last year while fleeing police, killing a mother of three, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. ...more

January 12, 2009

Patricia Austin, president of the Avon Park chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), thanked Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney at Monday's meeting for his quick response to allegations of Hispanic residents being mistreated by two Avon Park police officers. ...more

January 11, 2009

Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers turned out Wednesday to pay respect to an Avon Park "cop's cop." ...more

January 1, 2009

AVON PARK Police Sgt. Marc Wilbur fell unconscious and later died about 9 a.m. Thursday, according to Avon Park Police Cmdr. Mike Rowan. Wilbur, 43, began his shift at about 6 a.m. and was on duty in the Winn-Dixie shopping plaza, accompanied by a police officer trainee, said Rowan on Friday. Wilbur slipped into unconsciousness and the trainee called emergency dispatch. He was transported by Highlands County Emergency Medical Services to Florida Hospital Heartland Division, where he was pronounced dead. ...more

December 27, 2008

Largo police shot and wounded a 36-year-old man this morning after he pointed a knife and then a replica of a handgun at them, officials said. ...more

December 6, 2008

On Wednesday, New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said "disappointment" and "sadness" were the two words he used with his team when addressing the suspension of receiver Plaxico Burress. ...more

December 6, 2008