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By consensus, Highlands County commissioners this morning agreed to begin to look into a process to find a permanent county administrator. They have charged staff with finding an executive procurement firm that could do a nationwide search to find a new chief executive for the county. They are expected to get a report back as Continue reading

Today is Independence Day – the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and there will be three area communities holding their observances. In Sebring, The Highlands Little Theatre will start by hosting their annual free Patriotic Revue. Shows run every hour on the hour from 11 AM until 3 PM. They will Continue reading

Today is July 1st and this year it begins the Independence Day holiday weekend. Fireworks start this evening at the Sun ‘N Lake Improvement District. Food trucks will open the site starting at 7pm, with the pyrotechnicks to begin at 9pm. This afternoon at 1:00, The Lake Placid Jaycees will hold a fund-raising barbecue at Continue reading

As Florida’s use of the Florida Standards Assessments test ends, final results before the statewide switch to progress monitoring now show pass rates among students in most age groups only at about 50-percent. Even so, Highlands County schools are lagging behind even the puny statewide numbers. Worst case are those taking the 6th-thru-8th grade Language Continue reading

It’s been a year since Avon Park city council members heard a proposal from Adam Greenstein to install kayak dispensers on the shores of Lake Verona. The idea was, that people could use their smartphones to order and use the watercraft at Donaldson Park. Still, there’s been no local action on the project. Avon Park Continue reading

A new survey shows that the Avon Park-Sebring metro area has registered one of the largest increases in mortgage loans since the coronavirus situation. The report from Support Network indicates locally, we have seen a 15.3-percent increase in mortgage applications. That’s higher than the national average of just nine percent. However, the loan approval rate Continue reading

An early morning traffic stop in Highlands County has reseultd in death for a Labelle man. After recieving a call about a wrong way driver on Highway 27, Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a van near the Sun ‘N Lake South community. During the stop, the driver of the vehicle. identified as 68-year-old Robert McNamara, Continue reading

It appears that when it comes to doing it yourself, the Avon Park – Sebring metro area is one of the best. A survey by Porch shows that since the Coronavirus situation, increasing numbers of people spend more time at home improving their living space. The analysis shows that there are more than five hardware, Continue reading

Highlands County commissioners this morning voted to take further action on the fire assessment. Under its provisions, there will be a seven percent increase for each of the five categories. The bottom line is a $700,000 increase in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. they also voted to expand a couple of their complexes. Continue reading

Two people were killed last night in a traffic crash in the south end of the county. Florida Higway patrol officials say a car driven by a Lakeland man had slowed to make a U-Turn on State Road 70 near County Road 721, and was hit from behind by a car driven by a Fort Continue reading