Items of interest at the Dec. 14 city commission meeting included: •The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to add a turn/straight lane on northbound Alexander Street at Baker Street. A survey taken in September supported the need for an extra turn lane during times of high traffic flow. ...more

December 23, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Dec. 21 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 23, 2009

City commissioners recently rezoned a 73-acre strawberry farm from residential/agricultural to industrial. ...more

December 22, 2009

Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. Pounds is in intensive care at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Three other passengers – Harriet McClennon, 53, Isaiah Wiggins, 7, and Passion McClennon, 10 months, all of Sebring – were treated at various other hospitals and released. ...more

January 6, 2009

A 6-month-old Sebring baby was killed and four others, also from Sebring, were seriously injured after a two-vehicle accident Sunday evening in Polk County. ...more

January 6, 2009

A 34-year-old mother remains in critical condition tonight at a Lakeland hospital, a day after her 6-month-old daughter was killed when their car was hit by a truck that ran a red light on U.S. 27 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 5, 2009

A 6-month-old child was killed and two children and two adults were hurt Sunday afternoon when their car was hit by a vehicle that ran a red light on U.S. 27 in Lake Wales, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 5, 2009

A 6-month-old Sebring child died as the result of a two-vehicle accident Sunday in Polk County. ...more

January 5, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A social worker at Leto High School won a state award for her work with homeless students. ...more

December 17, 2008