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18 hrs ago | Highlands Today

Highlands County merchants gear up for Black Friday

Once Highlands County residents have stuffed themselves full of turkey, they can stuff their shopping carts full of Christmas gifts as the holiday shopping season officially kicks off Friday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Cameras

Wednesday | Sebring News-Sun

Wildfire danger is on the rise

Bad news on the weather front. Florida continues in what is now a four-year drought.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Weather, Drought

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Sebring News-Sun

Statewide jobless rate rises, while county's dips slightly

Those in the unemployment line continue to get company across the state as the jobless rate continues to climb.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Sebring News-Sun

Employee fired for fuel spill

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.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Highlands Today

Woman charged with drug and weapons offenses

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.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Sebring, FL

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Highlands Today

Man charged with assaulting brother's girlfriend

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.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Highlands Today

Man charged with failing to register as sex offender

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.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL, Avon Park, FL

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Highlands Today

Highlands Ridge raising funds for Habitat

The Highlands Ridge Quilters have made a unique quilt, "Homes," which will be auctioned Nov.

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Related Topix: Life, Quilting, Hobbies, Frostproof, FL, World News, Germany

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Highlands Today

What better Christmas gift than helping Highlands' hungry?

Tough times have left households in ruins, people living in their cars and desperately needing food.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Highlands Today

Tough economy likely affecting suicide rate

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

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Related Topix: Suicide, Sebring, FL

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Hernando Today

County OKs deferral of commercial impact fees

County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to adopt an ordinance that allows commercial and industrial builders to defer payment of impact fees that total in excess of $25,000 for up to three years.

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Related Topix: Hernando County, FL

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Sebring News-Sun

County approves retro-fits to Health Department, Ag Center

Highlands County Commissioners voted 4-0 on Tuesday to allow retro-fits to the Health Department and to the Bert J. Harris Agricultural Center to make them wind compliant.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Highlands Today

Man charged with stealing electrical wire

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

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Highlands Today

Wanted in Highlands County

The following people were being sought by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office on active warrants as of Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL, Lake Placid, FL

Sebring News-Sun

County tax roll continues to drop

Myrna Spencer, accounting director for the Highlands County Tax Collector's Office, made an annual presentation to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Business Wire

Fitch Rates Adventist Health System Sunbelt (FL) 2008B Revs & 2009E Rfdg Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' long-term rating to the following Adventist Health System Sunbelt bonds: --$125,000,000 Highlands County Health Facilities Authority hospital revenue bonds, series 2008B; --$62,520,000 Highlands County Health Facilities Authority hospital revenue refunding bonds, series 2009E.

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Related Topix: Winter Park, FL

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Highlands Today

Small plane crashes in SE Highlands

A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Car keys lead to burglary arrest

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.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL, Prison

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Highlands Today

Friend: Dead woman was in abusive relationship

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.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL, Okeechobee, FL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Highlands Today

Commission upset with $15,000 penalty payment

Highlands County still doesn't have the $1.65 million asphalt plant grant that was promised by Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and county commissioners were furious because they just found out during a meeting Tuesday.

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