The "Tree of Hope" is up at Petco in the hope people will donate food and toy items to benefit more than 125 cats and dogs that will spend Christmas in cages at the Humane Society of Highlands County - unless they're adopted. ...more

December 10, 2009

Over 125 homeless animals will spend Christmas in cages at the Humane Society. We are trying to make their Christmas special. Petco and Pet Supermarket are sponsoring a Tree of Hope. We are asking people to pick a card off the tree with an animal's name on it and buy that animal a gift. Gifts can be left in donation boxes at each of the stores, or brought directly to the shelter. Monetary donations can be mailed to the shelter, Humane Society, 7321 Haywood Taylor Blvd., Sebring, FL. 33870. Location is on Haywood Taylor Boulevard, near the Sebring Airport. ...more

December 8, 2009

For a second year in a row, the Heartland Young Professionals will present the annual Sebring Christmas parade, starting at 7 p.m. Friday in downtown Sebring, so bring your folding chairs and have fun. ...more

December 1, 2009

A partial list of books by Herta Mueller, winner Thursday of the 2009 Nobel Prize for literature ...more

October 8, 2009

The first Little Miss Highlands County contest incorporated a western motif for its inaugural event. ...more

January 28, 2009

The Sebring girls weightlifting teamed was posing for a photo after winning the Travis Todd Invitational on Thursday, but for one of the Blue Streaks, the victory hadn't quite sunk in. ...more

January 24, 2009

Like many Super Bowls, the hype for Thursday's Avon Park/Sebring wrestling dual meet may have outshined the actual match. ...more

January 24, 2009

I was a cigarette smoker for over 42 years and like most smokers, I tried just about everything to quit. Over the years I wasted a lot of money on patches, gum and pills. Desperate and feeling out of control I made a call to Jon Spiegel at the Hypnosis Center in downtown Sebring. I knew nothing about hypnosis and actually had some reservations and skepticism about it. ...more

January 23, 2009

The 72nd Highlands County Fair starts its nine-day run of shows, rides, contests, exhibits and more on Friday. ...more

January 20, 2009

Despite having only two weeks of practice before Thursday's first meet of the season, the Sebring girl weightlifters managed to post some impressive efforts in winning the tri-meet over Avon Park and LaBelle. ...more

December 13, 2008