Work will soon commence to resurface and re-curb the downtown Circle as part of a $750,000 Streetscape IX project. ...more

December 21, 2009

Patrick Joseph Flood, 40, of 2821 Whistle Stop, Sebring, was arrested Wednesday and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. ...more

December 20, 2009

In November, Mary Ellen Heuer of Tampa asked for the salad recipe from the Pizza Parlor, a small Italian eatery on South Dale Mabry Highway near Lois Avenue that closed in the 1980s. ...more

December 20, 2009

Pertaining to all of this hoopla about global warming that we are being bomb blasted with every day. ...more

December 20, 2009

This week's business profile features The Outpost, located in the Lakeshore Mall in Sebring. ...more

December 20, 2009

At the first hint of trouble, Avon Park coach Luther Clemons loosened the top button on his white dress shirt and disposed of his tie. ...more

December 19, 2009

The following Highlands County students graduated from the University of South Florida Polytechnic at its fall 2009 commencement Dec. 14 at The Lakeland Center: ...more

December 19, 2009

The following people were booked Thursday, Dec. 17 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 19, 2009

It may have been a non-district game, but the Sebring girls basketball team played with a lot of enthusiasm and intensity in rolling to a 56-21 win over Frostproof on Thursday night in the Blue Streaks gym. ...more

December 19, 2009

In a reply to comments made by band students about Sylvia Moore's letter on Nov. 24: No, I'm not keeping it in the band room as suggested. I believe the public needs to know because they are where you (the band) get your money from. I refuse to raise money for you to use for a 90-95 percent black uniform. I as a parent refuse black because it is gothic and darkness. ...more

December 19, 2009