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Highlands County News

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Crime ring may be linked to burglaries

Law enforcement authorities are saying an organized crime ring may be responsible for a spike in vehicle burglaries and the use of stolen credit cards at various businesses in southeast Polk County and in ...

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Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Lake Wales, FL, Avon Park, FL

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Tampabays10.com

Flood Advisory for Highlands County

A Flood Advisory has been issued for Central Highlands County until 6:15 pm. This means that areas such as Sebring and Lake Placid may experience some flooding in low lying areas and intersections due to heavy ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Sebring, FL, Lake Placid, FL, Weather

Wed Jul 09, 2008

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater

Storms developing in the Gulf and moving inland through evening. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

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Related Topix: St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa Metro, Weather, Fort Myers, FL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Miami.com

PALMDALE -- Listen up, Henry David Thoreau. Walden Pond's got nothing...

PALMDALE -- Listen up, Henry David Thoreau. Walden Pond's got nothing on Fisheating Creek.

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Related Topix: Okeechobee, FL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Ledger

History of Atlanticblue

Atlanticblue Inc. is a real estate management and development company privately owned by some heirs of the late citrus baron Ben Hill Griffin Jr.

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Related Topix: Lake Wales, FL, Polk County, FL, Katherine Harris, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Winter Haven, FL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Orlando Sentinel

Storms could bring heavy winds, lightning

Forecasters say Central Florida is in for more afternoon showers today. Storms are over Polk and Highlands counties now and will soon cross the Kissimmee River and move into west Osceola County, according to ...

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Related Topix: Osceola County, FL, Weather, Melbourne, FL, Brevard County, FL

Tue Jul 01, 2008

WIBW-TV Topeka

Tornado Warning Highlands County

RUSKIN FL 400 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

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Related Topix: Ruskin, FL, Weather, Sebring, FL

Sat Jun 28, 2008

The Cincinnati Enquirer

David Maehr, professor of wildlife, conservation

Dr. David Steffen Maehr, 52, professor of wildlife and conservation biology at the University of Kentucky and an expert on the endangered Florida panther, died June 20 in a plane crash in Lake Placid in central ...

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Lake Placid, FL, Telecom, Cincinnati Bell, Florida

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Burned Motorcyclist Arrested In Highlands Restaurant Fire

An Okeechobee man who set fire to a Highlands County restaurant got caught up in the blaze and was taken to Tampa General Hospital, according to the state fire marshal's office.

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Related Topix: Okeechobee, FL, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Okeechobee County, FL, Lorida, FL

Tampa Bay Online

2 Die When Small Plane Crashes Near Placid Lakes Airport

" A pilot and passenger are dead after a fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed near Placid Lakes Airport about 1:15 p.m. today, said Capt.

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Related Topix: Placid Lakes, FL

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Ledger

Lake Wales Ridge comprehensive plan coming

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to schedule public meetings in September to get comments for the first-ever comprehensive conservation plan for the Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge.

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Related Topix: Lake Wales, FL, Polk County, FL

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Kentucky professor killed in plane crash in Florida

A University of Kentucky professor and a pilot were killed in a small plane crash in Central Florida, officials said.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Placid Lakes, FL

Fri Jun 20, 2008

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Plane crash kills two in Highlands County

Two people have been killed in a small plane crash in Highlands County. A single engine Piper plane crashed in Lake Placid, just near the airport in Sebring.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Lake Placid, FL, Sebring, FL

Thu Jun 19, 2008

News Press

Family vacation ends in tragedy

It was a trip the James family made year after year. The Cape Coral family loved to spend a week in Lake Placid, according to Michael James, 32.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Lake Placid, FL, Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers Metro

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Dothan Eagle

In Florida, two attacked by suspected Africanized bees

Two Highlands County employees were treated in what appeared to be an Africanized bee attack Monday afternoon, multiple county officials said.

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Related Topix: Lake Placid, FL, Apiculture, Science

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Central Florida Future

Cattle experiment expected to breed progress

Three UCF professors are conducting an experiment, discovering how to conserve Florida's wetlands and its inhabiting cattle.

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Related Topix: Ecology, Florida, Agriculture

Sat Jun 07, 2008

The Ledger

Winter Haven Hospital Loses Mental-Health Contract

Published: Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. WINTER HAVEN Change is coming for East Polk patients whose mental disorders are disabling enough to get them ...

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Related Topix: Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL, Florida, Polk County, FL

Thu May 29, 2008

WCTV Tallahassee

Cold Case Murder Solved in Madison County

Two men are behind bars for a murder that happened more than 7 years ago. Deputies say cold cases can be tough to crack.

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Related Topix: Lake Placid, FL

Sat May 24, 2008

Tampa Bay Online

Vandals Slash 130 Tires In Sebring

Someone knifed nearly every tire on nearly every vehicle on the lot Friday night at Rufus Brown Motors.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL

Tue May 20, 2008

News Press

Four Fantasy 5 tickets worth grand prize

The Florida Lottery announced today that four players matched all five winning numbers in Monday's Fantasy 5 drawing and will share a $215,374.64 top prize.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Miami Dade County, FL, Orlando, FL, Orange County, FL

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