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Sebring police reportedly are investigating a homicide. Officers responded to a call of shots being fired int he area of Highlands and Martin Luther King Blvd. about quarter to six last night. There they found one man who had been shot and killed, and another with multiple gunshot wounds. He subsequently was treated and released Continue reading

Firefighters in Sebring were busy this morning. Units were called to battle the flames at a house on Second Street about 3:AM. Reportedly, the home was fully involved in flames when units arrived. The Fire Marshal’s office has been summoned to determine the cause of the blaze. Two adults and tow children were able to Continue reading

The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division made another drug sweep this morning. Reportedly it came around 7:AM when deputies served a search warrant on a Mundall Avenue address east of Sebring. Reportedly, neighbors had been complaining about the residence for a while, calling it “a problem house.” Five arrests have been made. No Continue reading

The City of Charm may soon be known as the City of Food Trucks. Avon Park city council members last night held a special meeting to start the ball rolling on rules and regulations for mobile food vendors in the city. Although the trucks would not be able to set up on municipal rights of Continue reading

The Avon Park city council will convene for a special meeting tonight. At issue will be the regulation of food trucks in the City of Charm. Apparently code enforcement officials already have received complaints about the mobile vendors. New state laws say the trucks cannot be banned from the city, however, the time, place and Continue reading

Traffic was tied up for a time about midnight when a woman hit a deer near Lorida. The mishap occurred on Highway 98 near McClellan Road shortly after 11:00 last night. After hitting the deer, the woman’s car reportedly caught fire and burned. Authorities say both traffic on Highway 98 and nearby rail traffic was Continue reading

Highlands County will have a new clerk of the courts beginning tomorrow. Current Clerk Bob Germaine reportedly will retire effective at midnight tonight. Clerk-elect Jerome Kaszubowski was sworn in earlier this morning and will take over duties begnning tomorrow. Meanwhile, Kaszubowski says repairs to the courthouse have been all but finished, and operations will resume Continue reading

Over the past six months or so, 89 deaths have been tied to the Coronavirus and 231 people have been hospitalized at some point here in Highlands County. There have been more than 21,000 tests administered with better than 19,000 coming back negative. To date, there have been 2160 positive tests – however, health officials Continue reading

The latest Coronavirus test numbers released by the Florida Department of Health show there have been 4 additional positive, and 50 negative tests added to Highlands County’s ongoing count. Of the 21,268 tests administered locally – 19,098 have been negative with 2160 positive cases recorded. There have been 231 people hospitalized at some point during Continue reading

A man is dead and a woman is in jail following an overnight incident in Sebring. According to reports, Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies were serving a warrant on Kelly Townsend at a Markland Lane residence, At that time, deputies saw Matthew Nocerino. Noting that he also had warrants, they ordered him to stop. He didn’t Continue reading