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Highlands County Sheriff’s officials are looking for more information about the car that was pulled from Lake Oliva this past Monday. Detectives are requesting that anyone who lives in the Avon Park Lakes area, or those in the area east of U.S. 27 to County Road 17, to review their video camera footage. They’re looking Continue reading

If you work in Sebring, apparently chances are pretty good you could be replaced by a machine. A new study by Commodity dot com shows that nearly half the workers in the Sebring metro area are candidates. In fact, just over 47-percent are at high risk of being replaced. nearly 22-percent are at medium risk Continue reading

Florida Highway Patrol officials now say it was a Lake Wales man that was killed in that motorcycle accident early yesterday morning. The 35-year-old rider failed to make a curve on the Panther Parkway just south of the circle and flipped the bike – he was pronounced dead at the scene. Reports say he was Continue reading

NEWS 4/19/22 BF FATAL MOTORCYCLE An early morning accident on the Panther Parkway has claimed a life. According to reports, a motorcyclist was southbound near the Lake Denton curve, when they ran off the road and flipped. The rider was thrown off the bike and was declared dead at the scene. Florida Highway Patrol officials Continue reading

A traffic accident south of Sebring has claimed a life. Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate a 35-year-old Sebring man slammed his car head-on into a semi-truck on Highway 98 near the Lock Access Road. Apparently, the car went left of center on a curve and hit the semi. Two people in a sport utility vehicle Continue reading

Today is Good Friday and officials at the Highlands County School system have announced there are no classes today for students here. Motorists are reminded to watch out for youngsters out and about during regular school hours. Classes will resume on Monday. Despite some rain in the area, conditions remain dry overall. Firefighters from West Continue reading

A new survey by the company Filterbuy shows that the Avon Park-Sebring Metro area registered an average unemployment of six percent last year. It was higher than the national average of 5.3-percent for 2021. Last year’s numbers were incrementally better than 2020, but still are anemic with better than 2,000 local people said to still Continue reading

If you’re looking for a good place for mortgages, this may be it. A new report from Construction Coverage that chronicles the best place for homebuyers to find the best mortgage rates, found the Avon Park-Sebring metro area is below the national average. The survey says about a quarter of the 30-year mortgages and nearly Continue reading

It was a short but productive meeting for the Avon Park city council last night. The board took final action on a lease/purchase agreement for the Brickell Building. Officials of Sauls Realty now will move forward toward renovation and occupancy of the downtown structure that has been vacant for decades. The council also approved the Continue reading

A wildfire off Oak Beach Boulevard south of Sebring kept firefighters busy all weekend long. Highlands County units were joined by Florida Forestry crews in containing the better than 35-acre blaze. They thought they had the so-called "OShanter Fire" under control Saturday, but it re-kindled yesterday. Officials believe it now once again has been contained Continue reading