Like much of Florida, it looks like the Sebring/Avon Park metro area has a fairly transient population. According to a new report by the internet site Filterbuy, some 7.4-percent of local residents moved into their homes more than 30 years ago.
That compares to just over 17-percent of homeowners nationally and puts the Sebring/Avon Park areas in the bottom ten of the 350 metro areas surveyed for residents who want to “age in place.”
In fact, the local area falls behind national averages in every demographic except for those who moved in fewer than ten years ago.
Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies reportedly have captured a man wanted for parole violation. Ellis Lee Watson disappeared earlier this month. when his ankle monitor was removed in Avon Park. Reportedly, he’d been out of prison just five days.
Lawmen reportedly now have caught up with him in Lake Placid. Watson was arrested and taken to the Highlands County jail without incident.
A motorcyclist escaped serious injury last night when he collided with a tractor trailer rig west of Sebring. The incident occurred shortly after 8:pm at the intersection of Sparrow Avenue and Highway 27 near the Lakeshore Mall.
The man was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. No other details have yet been released.
A Polk County traffic accident claimed a life yesterday. That one happened on Timberlane Road near Lake Wales. A car and a pickup came together.
The driver of the car, reportedly a Winter Haven man, was killed. The driver of the the truck apparently had no serious injuries. No names have been released.