Sebring News

Gradually over the next three days the current late evening feeding migration will diminish both in intensity and duration while the very early morning feeding migration builds in duration and intensity.

Police executed a search warrant at a Fifth Street home early Thursday morning and say they found a woman sitting fully clothed on a just-flushed toilet before charging her with drug and weapons counts.

A Sebring man remained in the Highlands County Jail Wednesday under no bond following his arrest for allegedly assaulting his brother's girlfriend and snatching her cell phone.

By a 4-1 vote, former Highlands County Development Services Director James M. "Jim" Polatty Jr., was appointed by the Sebring City Council and will start work on Monday, Nov.

A traffic stop on Saturday led to a former Connecticut resident being charged with failure to register as a sex offender, a third-degree felony.

Heartland Workforce will be the primary tenant in a new building it will be moving into next year.

Highlands County Solid Waste Director Ken Wheeler on Thursday terminated the employee that he alleges was responsible for a diesel spill at the county landfill.

Highlands County's unemployment rate in September was 11.6 percent, up significantly from the 8.4 percent in September 2008.

Three years ago Wanda Brote called the county's veterans services office and asked if they needed help with their food drive.

A Sebring man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly stealing $6,600 worth of spools of electrical wire from Sea Hawk Industries.

To boost academic achievement, many Highlands County schools are looking to parents to get them involved in the education of their children.

In honor of a past president who dedicated 18 year of service to FFA program, the Sebring FFA alumni has established the Jerry Huter Memorial Scholarship.

The Sebring City Council made the upcoming centennial celebration official last Monday night when it adopted the logo and set up an official committee.

The demolition of the Home Depot sign is actually a sign of things to come - namely a new and larger ABC liquor store that will be built with the Orlando-based company's new prototype design.

A man and woman were arrested on burglary charges after a set of car keys belonging to the woman were allegedly found in one of the bags of stolen items.

A Georgia woman claims Sebring resident Rikelle Purcell, who died last week after what authorities describe as a murder-suicide, was set to leave her abusive boyfriend before she was shot to death.

A local law enforcement officer offered a Lake Placid resident a ride home late Friday night but ended up arresting him for allegedly possessing cocaine.

An Avon Park motorcyclist has died after running into the back end of a school bus early Thursday morning.

A Georgia man remains in Highlands County Jail without bond after being charged with dealing in stolen property in connection with a stolen handgun that was recovered and fired in a suspicious incident, possibly a robbery.

The death investigation that began Thursday morning at 4401 Shamrock St., in northwest Sebring, has now been ruled a murder-suicide by the medical examiner's office.