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It was a short meeting for the Highlands County School Board last night. After sitting through an afternoon workshop on insurance, they breezed through their regular session in less than an hour. Board members learned that new state mandates have ordered that they must have a policy on the administration of medical marijuana on campus. Continue reading

More than 100 people turned out last night at the Sebring Middle School to hear Florida Chancellor for K-12 Public Education Jacob Oliva about new provisions from Governor Ron Desantis that will do away with the Common Core instructional. Some came from Polk County and from as far away as Naples to participate. It was Continue reading

Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and Chancellor Jacob Oliva are due in Highlands County tonight. It’s the kickoff of their state-wide tour to hear from the public about the Florida State Standards. The session will be held at Sebring Middle School commons. Doors will open at 5:00. In January, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Continue reading

It looks like Avon Park City Clerk Kimberly Gay will be running the City of Charm – at least for the foreseeable future. The city council last night promoted her to interim city manager after Mark Schrader turned down the post. Council had offered the former Highlands County undersheriff the interim position after they dismissed Continue reading

The agenda for Avon Park’s special city council meeting tonight just keeps growing. Originally, it had been set to waive the background check and hiring process for Mark Schader. The former Highlands County undersheriff has accepted an invitation to act as city manager in the City of Charm. Now, council members will look at approval Continue reading

Avon Park Mayor Garrett Anderson has called for a special city council meeting tomorrow night. The council is expected to suspend the hiring process and background check for Mark Schrader. They note the former Highlands County Undersheriff underwent that scrutiny when he applied for the city manager’s job last year. Schrader yesterday accepted a nomination Continue reading

NEWS 10/1/19 BF FLOWERS AXED By a 3-2 margin, the Avon Park city council last night voted to immediately terminate city manager David Flowers, instead of letting him work on and make a transition to a new manager. They did, however, vote to pay him through the end of November as severance, noting that he Continue reading

Avon Park city council members will meet tonight to decide what to do next after the departure of current city manager David Flowers. Flowers offered to step down last week – a move which was accepted by a 3-2 vote. Councilman Jim Barnard and Mayor Garrett Anderson attempted to retain him. The council will look Continue reading

The annual frights are back at the Highlands County Humane Society. Beginning tonight, Terror Trail begins its annual run, and the wooded area behind the Humane Society shelter on Heywood Taylor Boulevard will be full of ghosts, goblins and other frights every Friday and Saturday through October. Performances begin at dark each night. Florida Fish Continue reading

Your Sheriff’s Department could use a hand. Highlands County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking help identifying the three other suspects involved in a home invasion robbery in Avon Park on Sept. 6. The alleged ringleader, Latrevieus Dionne Wiley, is in the County lockup on charges related to the robbery on Willie Hawk Avenue. He had three Continue reading