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Avon Park city council members learned about a new proposal for their airport – but they haven’t learned much. Consultant Lowell Clary revealed the existence of a new, unsolicited offer from Florida Airport Management to run the Avon Park Airport – but said confidentiality rules prevented him from revealing any details. FAM has put in Continue reading

One person was injured this morning when a car hit a building. The mishap occurred just off Sun ‘N Lake Blvd shortly after 9AM. The driver reportedly was taken to the hospital. No details have been released as to the extent of their injuries. An accident in Hardee County closed part of State Road 64 Continue reading

Accident near Frostproof this morning has caused traffic delays throughout the morning. A News tipper reported a semi-tractor-trail rig jacknifed then overturned on Highway 27 at the Avon Park Cutoff road. Both northbound lanes of 27 have been blocked since the pre-dawn hours. No accident details or reports of injuries have been released. Matters at Continue reading

A Sebring woman was killed in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon north of Lake Placid. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, the 55-year old driver was pulling from Lake Josephine Drive across Highway 27, when she was hit by an oncoming van. The van hit her broadside. Troopers say the woman was not buckled up Continue reading

Highlands County sheriff’s deputies along with Florida Department of Law Enforcement and US Drug Enforcement agents have made a major bust. A raid on a Shad Drive residence west of Sebring has netted pounds of marijuana, cocaine and various prescription drugs. In addition to drug paraphernalia, lawmen found a large cache of weaponry. 43-year-old William Continue reading

Last month, consultants held a citizen input session on plans to convert the Alan Altvader Cultural Complex into a recreation area for Lake Jackson. The notion would call for the relocation of the Sebring Library and demolition of the building. Now, Highlands County commissioners are calling for citizens to make their voices heard on the Continue reading

Highlands County commissioners this morning voted to go ahead with a $650,000 purchase of property on Heywood Taylor Boulevard. The land, which at one time housed the Phillips Power Plant, would be the site for a fire/rescue station and a first responders’ training facility. Commissioners are looking toward the state legislature, for a grant that Continue reading

It’s dry season and that means yet more brush fires for Highlands County units to deal with. Yesterday firefighters from Desoto City and Leisure Lakes were joined by Florida Forest Service crews in putting down a couple of blazes off Highway 27. One charred as much as two acres before they got in under control. Continue reading

A busy day yesterday for Highlands County Fire Rescue units … seven stations’ personne; pitched in on a house fire on Durrance Street in the Leisure Lakes area just before 10 yesterday morning. The fire itself appeared to have started in the garage – nobody hurt there, but the home was badly damaged. Then, the Continue reading

Competition begins in earnest today in the Historic Sports Car Racing Spring Fling at the Sebring International Raceway. In addition to the Stoner Car Care Global GT Race and the Sasco Sports International American Challenge there will be a series of WeatherTech Sprint Races. Dozens of vintage and historic cars will be on the track Continue reading