Sebring News

The group was made up of World War II and following wars' veterans. Since I served in World War II and the Korean fracas, I got to go along.

Long a raceway chaplain, in 1999 Pastor Stephen Zoeller and his wife, Stephanie, founded Zoeller Ministries to provide children fighting or dying of cancer a chance to meet real race car drivers and ride in their cars -- at 100 miles an hour.

Sebring is very popular for bicycle riding. Many people come just for the 10-mile sidewalk ride around Lake Jackson.

A nationwide college readiness program is set to be introduced in all Highlands County middle and high schools next school year, even though an unexpected glitch has cut state funding for the Sebring secondary schools.

The city of Sebring's finances are in good shape, Sebring City Council members were told Tuesday evening.

Travis William Makris, 21, of Sebring, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact for allegedly hiding evidence for Kenneth Felipe Jr.

An arrest warrant has been issued for the former director of the Industrial Development Authority-Economic Development Commission, Assistant State Attorney Steve Houchin confirmed Monday.

FILE, RYAN PELHAM/STAFF Jose Montenegro with Delta Sebring cuts a drywall corner bead in 2012.

Artist Linda Kegley paints as Jimmy Gilbreath, wearing his Florida Santa costume, watches in Circle Park Friday morning.

A score card may be needed to keep track of all the school administrative changes in the works for next year.

Levon Stukes, manager of the Boys and Girls Club Emporium, helps customer Maria Cordero at the store in downtown Sebring Wednesday.

This afternoon, from 3:45-6 p.m., the police department is hosting an open house at its station, 307 N. Ridgewood Drive.

Downtown Sebring will play host to a live morning show on Fox 13 Friday morning from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. SEBRING If New York City is too far a destination to become part of an audience for a television morning show, Sebring's downtown circle will provide an alternative Friday.

Florida Hospital nurse Michelle Bissessar moves a patient to a different room in the outpatient surgery center at the hospital Tuesday afternoon.

SEBRING Sebring police investigated two accidents that closed both the north and southbound lanes of U.S. 27 near Hammock Road on Monday about 5 p.m. It was more than an hour before all lanes in both directions were reopened.

AVON PARK An Avon Park man apparently thwarted a burglary, according to an arrest report released Tuesday.

SEBRING A man who insisted that police arrest his wife for supposedly breaking into his business ended up being the one arrested, according to an arrest report.

There are only a few days remaining for seniors at the Avon Park, Sebring and Lake Placid high schools to turn their grades into entries to win a car during the Alan Jay Automotive Network's annual 'Wheels For A's' giveaway for the class of 2013.

For the fourth time in three years, Lisa Celentano, Dirty Dozen founder and owner of Crossfit Sebring, is bringing the obstacle race to Highlands County.

Loretta DeWitt has been painting her entire life, with her first "mural" being done when she got in trouble for drawing on a wall in her house when she was 3. SEBRING - Artist Loretta DeWitt has a lifetime of memories that have inspired her diverse collection of etchings, watercolors, sculptures, acrylic paintings, photographs and multi-media ... (more)