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Cars were on track last weekend for the Sports Car Vintage Racing Association’s SpeedTour, but already fans are lining up for this year’s Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring. Officials at the Sebring International Raceway say that vans and motorhomes already have started to line up in the parking area across from Gate 4 in Continue reading

Action picks up in earnest at the Sebring International Raceway today as practice and qualifying sessions begin for the Sports Car Vintage Racing Association’s SpeedTour event. All groups, including the International GT and Trans-Am series will be setting the grids for this weekends’ races. The event runs through Sunday. Highlands County parent Jesse Sapp is Continue reading

After a nearly hour long discussion, Highlands County Commissioners took no action on a request related to environmental clearance requirements in the Carter Creek area. A number of environmental concerns came forward in support of the action – however, landowners in the area pleaded with commissioners, saying that it was destroying their property rights and Continue reading

Saturday they saddled up, Wednesday they’ll be here. The 2023 Cracker Trail Ride is underway. The 120 mile treck is in its 35th year, with about 120 riders and wagonners making their way from Bradenton across central Florida to Fort Pierce. It’s the annual tribute to Florida cowmen – who used to drive cattle along Continue reading

Avon Park city council members have agreed to work on a lease with the Avon Park Historical Society for a building they use on Museum Avenue. But it won’t be for quite as long as had been requested. Council members instructed city attorney Gerald Buhr to work on 21-year agreement – less than half the Continue reading

Increased lighting may be coming to Aline McWhite Park in the City of Charm. Residents of the city’s southside came before the Avon Park city council to ask for the additional illumination, saying there had been seven shootings in the area off Fred Connor Street – with four of them being fatal. They also asked Continue reading

Three people were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle accident west of Sebring. Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate a sport utility vehicle carrying a couple of elderly Sebring residents was attempting to make a left turn from Highway 27 into the Tanglewood community, when they were hit broadside by a motorcycle. Troopers say the 31-year-old Avon Continue reading

A Sebring man reportedly was killed yesterday morning in a Hardee County traffic accident. Florida Highway Patrol reports indicate the 64-year-old was riding his motorcycle west on State Road 66 near Crewsville Road when the accident occurred. Apparently, he was in a no passing zone when the biker pulled his cycle out to overtake a Continue reading

Hearing or seeing more jets in the area? Yes, officials from the Avon Park Air Force Range say they are training again today from late morning until midnight. Noise levels will be high. They have declined to indicate what kind of aircraft are utilizing the facility or where they might be from. It’s a big Continue reading

Highlands County Sheriff’s officials have the second of three shooting suspects in custody. Joel Marroquin of Lake Placid has been arrested and charged with numerous counts including attempted second-degree murder, in connection with a shooting that took place last Saturday night. Marroquin has been implicated in the shooting of 42-year-old Manuel Benitez Reyes Guzman. He Continue reading