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Hearing or seeing more jets in the area? Yes, officials from the Avon Park Air Force Range say they are training again today from late morning until midnight. Noise levels will be high. They have declined to indicate what kind of aircraft are utilizing the facility or where they might be from. It’s a big Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s officials have the second of three shooting suspects in custody. Joel Marroquin of Lake Placid has been arrested and charged with numerous counts including attempted second-degree murder, in connection with a shooting that took place last Saturday night. Marroquin has been implicated in the shooting of 42-year-old Manuel Benitez Reyes Guzman. He Continue reading

One man is being sought and another is in custody in connection with a couple of shootings in Highlands County over the weekend. Deputies still are looking for 25-year-old Shavartae Makel Deloach for the murder of 57-year-old Arthur Scurry Jr. He was found Sunday shot to death in the Highway Park neighborhood south of Lake Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s detectives are currently investigating a pair of unrelated shootings. The first was reported at the BP station at the intersection of US 27 and SR 70 late Saturday night. There, deputies found 42-year-old Manuel Benitez Reyes Guzman in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head. He was airlifted to a Continue reading

They’ll open the 86th edition of the Highlands County Fair this afternoon. It’s Highlands Radio Group Day featuring the Nerveless Nocks Thrill Show, Scott’s Magic Show and the Piano Juggler. It’ll also be the first of four beauty pageants with the Jr. Miss Highlands County competition on stage at the Alan Jay arena. Over the Continue reading

You may have noticed increased air traffic over Highlands County the past few days. Officials at the Avon Park Bombing Range say they’re hosting training exercises – and we can expect more today. The sessions will run from mid-morning until very late tonight. Noise levels are expected to be high. Things are almost in readiness Continue reading

Highlands County school board members met last night in a four-hour workshop to discuss vendor proposals to present a "comprehensive health education program" to local middle and high school students. After hearing a pair of hour-long presentations, then a stream of comments from educators, citizens and members of a committee appointed by Highlands County Superintendent Continue reading

Highlands County School Board members will get together this afternoon for a workshop. They’ll be looking at the comprehensive health education program for middle and high school students – which may include the sex education portion of the cirriculum. It was sex education that drew sharp criticism last year both for the what was being Continue reading

If you’re looking for a mechanically-inclined person, you’re in the wrong place. A new report by Construction Coverage shows that fewer than 12-percent of workers in the Sebring-Avon Park metro area hold occupations that require a mechanical inclination as part of their reguler activities. The 11.7-percent figure places Highlands County third from the bottom in Continue reading

State Route 70 was closed at County Road 721 for a time this morning. Highlands County Sheriff’s officials say that was due to a traffic accident there. A couple of Highlands County municipalities have some downtown property for sale. Avon Park city council members are issuing a request for proposals for a Main Street lot Continue reading