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It’s that time again – The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts is looking to defend its title as “America’s Best Motorsports Race” in the “USA Today 10best poll.” Fans can vote once a day on each of the devices they own including; desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones. The Continue reading

It will be a while yet before the city of Avon Park and representatives of Florida Airport Management come to terms over running the airport in the City of Charm. The council, their consultants and F-A-M representatives met last night for two hours in a fast-paced back and forth over terms and conditions. Consultants say Continue reading

Sebring firefighters spent most of the early morning hours battling the flames in the Washington Heights neighborhood. The blaze at the Golden Palm Tree grocery store on Lemon Street broke out shortly before 11:30 last night. Units reportedly spent better than three hours trying to get it out. The apartments upstairs were totally destroyed by Continue reading

Sebring’s Community Redevelopment Agency is getting some heat from an out of town developer after the agency chose a local candidate’s proposal for a building on the Downtown Circle owned by the CRA. Chicago based Yan and Arp, LLC filed the appeal on the CRA’s decision to take a proposal from the owners of Faded Continue reading

Social Distancing has been the buzzword for more than a year due to the coronavirus. Now, a new survey from Filterbuy has determined that more than 28-per5cent of workers in Sebring do their jobs in close proximity to others. That’s more than the national average of just under 22-percent who work in close quarters. Jobs Continue reading

After overseeing the consolidation of volunteer fire departments into a county unit, and the institute of a fire assessment for taxpayers, Highlands County Public Safety Director Marc Bashoor has announced he’s leaving. Bashoor said he has had his home on the market for several months and has no immediate new job opportunity on the horizon Continue reading

This is Memorial Day, and there will be observances today throughout the county. At 1:00 this afternoon, American Legion Post 69 hold their ceremonies at the post home on West Bell Street in Avon Park. At 9:00 this morning a ceremony and cookout was held at the sprawling Lakeview Memorial Gardens. The observances are designed Continue reading

A 59-year-old Avon Park man reportedly was injured in a motorcycle accident early this morning. Sebring police say the rider lost control of his bike near the intersection of Kenilworth and the Sebring Parkway just after midnight and hit a tree. He was transported to a local hospital then airlifted to the trauma center at Continue reading

Food trucks are being welcomed in the City of Charm with open arms. Without comment, Avon Park city council members gassed a measure on second reading, regulation the when, where and how the chow wagons will be allowed to set up shop. Reportedly, they will be banned from residential areas and from setting up on Continue reading

It appears that the Avon Park Historical Society is having problems with vagrants. Nancy Fisk came before the council last night in the City of Charm, to ask for additional trash cans. She noted that people are sleeping on the benches there and leaving piles of trash behind. In fact, some of the homeless apparently Continue reading