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Summer Camp is supposed to be fun – but it turned scary for a bunch of kids last week at a 4H Camp south of Lake Placid. 33 campers from 8 to 15 years old and three adults from Camp Cloverleaf headed for the hospital after a mysterious illness gave campers and staff headaches, vomiting Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s officials say the county’s Emergency Medical Services has transported 33 children and three adults from the 4H Camp Cloverleaf to area hospitals due to illness. There reportedly are 115 kids at the camp currently from all over florida including Charlotte, Desoto, Sarasota, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. So far, none of the Continue reading

Things apparently are hopping at the Sebring Regional Airport. Officials there say it’s beginning to look like a much larger facility, with the landing of the fourth Boeing 727 there. The plane has come in for service at the Amerijet location at the airport – which now is going by their FAA designation “KSEF”. The Continue reading

More than 200 people packed the Highlands County commission chambers last night for a 5-hour public hearing on a proposed fire assessment on residences, businesses, industry, churches and other institutions. There were dozens of speakers, who noted their payments could go up as much as 600 percent under the new policy. Public safety officials warned Continue reading

Highlands County commissioners will get together this evening for a special session. They will be holding a public hearing to discuss a planned fire assessment to be placed on homes, businesses, industries and even vacant lots. The hope is to raise as much as $6.5 million dollars a year, to crate a county-run blend between Continue reading

The signs have been up for a while but the elections season kicks up a notch today as qualifying gets underway for candidates. Three seats on the Highlands County School Board and two seats on the Highlands County Commission will be up for grabs. So far, there’s only one contested election in each. Challenger Isaac Continue reading

Two people reportedly were killed early this morning when their car was hit by a train in Frostproof. Polk County Sheriff’s officials say the incident happend shortly after 3:00 this morning at Highway 98 West near Western Avenue in The Friendly City. Neither details on the accident nor names of the victims have been released. Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies reportedly have arrested a couple of men wanted in connection with a stabbing in the Sun ‘N Lake community. 26-year-old James Gaston Hall and 28-year-old Ka Bao Yang were seen about 7:00 last night fleeing from the scene of a stabbing on Darnell Drive reportedly – they turned themselves in the Continue reading

It appears that Avon Park City Manager June Fisher will take over where her predecessor left off. By a 3-2 margin, the Avon Park city council voted to leave her salary at $125,000 a year. Mayor Garrett Anderson lobbied for a lower figure – saying that would leave room for raises. Vice Mayor Brenda Gray, Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies reportedly have arrested a couple of men wanted in connection with a stabbing in the Sun ‘N Lake community. 26-year-old James Gaston Hall and 28-year-old Ka Bao Yang were seen about 7:00 last night fleeing from the scene of a stabbing on Darnell Drive reportedly – they turned themselves in the Continue reading