NEWS AND NOTES O'Neal Picks Wisconsin Newsome senior two-way lineman Conor O'Neal has verbally committed to Wisconsin. ...more

January 13, 2009

Playing two matches in 24 hours caught up with the Sebring boys soccer team against Frostproof on Friday night at Firemen's Field. ...more

December 21, 2008

The following people were booked Wednesday, Dec. 10 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 12, 2008

About 40 people, many retirees, rode a school bus downtown Tuesday to oppose a professional soccer stadium planned for a site near their homes in Town 'N Country. ...more

December 10, 2008

A pilot flying from Leesburg to Fort Myers crashed in a Hardee County orange grove while trying to make an emergency landing this morning. ...more

December 7, 2008

It looked like a horrific scene Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement and wrecking crews worked a six-vehicle accident on U.S. 27 in front of the entrance of Lakeshore Mall. Debris littered the roadway, and a few of the cars suffered massive damage as a result of the crash. ...more

December 4, 2008

Phillup Partin, the drifter who killed 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook in 2002, will die for his crime. ...more

December 3, 2008

A school bus driver was cited for turning left in front of approaching traffic Monday afternoon at U.S. 17 and Maxwell Drive in Wauchula, into the path of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, an FHP report stated. ...more

November 18, 2008

Veterans from recent and not-so-recent wars and military duty were honored Monday at Sun 'N Lake Elementary School's Veterans Day Program. ...more

November 11, 2008

Roberto Nieto Cruz, 27, of 3266 Horseshoe Drive, Avon Park, on a charge of violation of probation referencing grand theft of $300 or more, less than $5,000. ...more

November 8, 2008