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It’ll take an autopsy to be sure, but it looks like a pack of dogs is to blame for the death of Melvin Olds, Junior in Highway Park south of Lake Placid yesterday. Sheriff’s dispatch got a call just before noon from the woman who found the 45 year old’s body. Medical examiners were called Continue reading

It’s Independence Day, and to get us all on the same page, government offices are all closed today excepting emergency services. Local government offices will reopen on schedule tomorrow. Trash pickup – this is one of the few holidays when the County contractor doesn’t pick up. Ditto for the City of Sebring. Scheduled Thursday pickups Continue reading

Northbound traffic on Highway 27 was tied up for hours yesterday afternoon after three semi trucks and a minivan got into a chain reaction accident that cost one driver his life at the corner of Highway 27 and 98 south of Sebring yesterday afternoon. Mark Tomlinson of Lakeland was killed in the wreck when his Continue reading

The Florida Standards Assessment scores are out for County school systems in our neck of the woods, and Highlands County students’ performance in the annual standardized tests were flat year over year comparing this last academic year to 2017-2018, with 48% of our kids performing at or above Level 3 in English language skills and Continue reading

Two people died in a wreck just past 1:30 Saturday afternoon on Highway 70 south of Lake Placid. The accident report says 72 years old Francisco Cordoba of Lake Placid was driving a Freightliner semi truck and trailer westbound east of Robert McGree Road when a Toyota pickup with a couple from Boynton Beach coming Continue reading

There’s a new name on the Highlands County convention center. It now will be known as “The Alan Jay Arena.” The popular local car magnate purchased the naming rights earlier this year – and temporary signage now is in place. The facility, at the Highlands County fairgrounds, has housed events from concerts to graduation ceremonies Continue reading

Sebring police now say they are investigating another shooting in the City on the Circle. This one happened yesterday at the Citrus Terrace apartment complex. No names or other details have yet been released. Tuesday night, a man was found shot at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Blvd and Lemon Street. He Continue reading

While Highlands County Sheriff’s officials continue to investigate a pair of weekend homicides, Sebring police say they had a shooting incident overnight. It happened around 11PM near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd and Lemon Street. Because of weather conditions, the victim had to be taken by ambulance to a hospital. No names Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s officials have released the name of of a second body found this weekend. It is said to be that of Taylor Jeral Morgan of Lake Placid. The 18-year-old Morgan was last seen in Sebring on June 18. The remains of Morgan and Janquill Terrell Williams were found in separate areas between Sebring Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s officials say it will be a while before the second of two homicide victims is positively identified. The bodies of two men were found Saturday about nine miles apart. The first was discovered Saturday morning in an orange grove in a rural area between Avon Park and Sebring. That one has been Continue reading