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Saturday they saddled up, Wednesday they’ll be here. The 2023 Cracker Trail Ride is underway. The 120 mile treck is in its 35th year, with about 120 riders and wagonners making their way from Bradenton across central Florida to Fort Pierce. It’s the annual tribute to Florida cowmen – who used to drive cattle along Continue reading

Avon Park city council members have agreed to work on a lease with the Avon Park Historical Society for a building they use on Museum Avenue. But it won’t be for quite as long as had been requested. Council members instructed city attorney Gerald Buhr to work on 21-year agreement – less than half the Continue reading

Increased lighting may be coming to Aline McWhite Park in the City of Charm. Residents of the city’s southside came before the Avon Park city council to ask for the additional illumination, saying there had been seven shootings in the area off Fred Connor Street – with four of them being fatal. They also asked Continue reading

Three people were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle accident west of Sebring. Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate a sport utility vehicle carrying a couple of elderly Sebring residents was attempting to make a left turn from Highway 27 into the Tanglewood community, when they were hit broadside by a motorcycle. Troopers say the 31-year-old Avon Continue reading

A Sebring man reportedly was killed yesterday morning in a Hardee County traffic accident. Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate the 64-year-old was riding his motorcycle west on State Road 66 near Crewsville Road when the accident occurred. Apparently, he was in a no passing zone when the biker pulled his cycle out to overtake a Continue reading

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