SEBRING — A call to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office regarding a missing 3-year-old boy ended in tragedy Saturday, when the boy was found dead in a family pool. ...more

February 25, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Wearing seat belts prevented Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams and his wife Margie from being seriously injured on Sunday afternoon on County Road 621 near Holmes Road. "My wife called out, 'Lookout, he's stopping,'" Williams said Monday morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

Recently the Kindergarten Learning Center held its first Transportation Day. The students and staff were amazed by the generosity of local businesses that sacrificed their valuable time explaining their equipment and jobs. ...more

February 21, 2008

AVON PARK — Sheriff's investigators announced the arrest of the girlfriend of a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a Sebring man near the intersection of Garrett Road and Alabama Road in Lacey Hills on Jan. 7. Vackara Massaline, 31, of Sebring, was charged as an accessory after the fact on a charge of first-degree murder. A warrant was issued earlier in the month for the arrest of Donald Alfonso Henry, 36, of last known address: 606 Denise Ave., Sebring, in connection with the fatal shooting of Hugh Andrew Marks, 31, of Sebring. Henry remained at large Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

AVON PARK — Sheriff's investigators announced the arrest of the girlfriend of a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a Sebring man near the intersection of Garrett Road and Alabama Road in Lacey Hills on Jan. 7. ...more

January 16, 2008

AVON PARK — Sheriff's investigators announced the arrest of the girlfriend of a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a Sebring man near the intersection of Garrett Road and Alabama Road in Lacey Hills on Jan. 7. Vackara Massaline, 31, of Sebring, was charged as an accessory after the fact on a charge of first-degree murder. ...more

January 16, 2008

AVON PARK — Sheriff's deputies continued to search for answers Tuesday in the shooting death of a Sebring man near the intersection of Garrett Road and Alabama Road in Lacey Hills on Monday. ...more

January 8, 2008

SEBRING — When it's a matter of life and death, seconds make the difference. In case of a life-threatening emergency, if a patient can reach a level one trauma center within 60 minutes (the golden hour), the odds of survival are much better, said Steve Coltharp, interim paramedic director of Highlands County Emergency Medical Services. Highlands County patients have a good chance of reaching Tampa General Hospital and some other trauma centers within that golden hour when transported by helicopter, according to Coltharp. ...more

January 5, 2008

Chaos reigned on Halloween night after a car drove through a dead end and crashed into a Bradenton retention pond. ...more

December 31, 2007

SEBRING - A 67-year-old man who was reported missing in the area of White Cedar Road was located about 7 p.m. Wednesday in a thicket by a Polk County Sheriff's Office helicopter using infrared technology. ...more

December 6, 2007