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Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 was officially upgraded to Tropical Storm Helene on Tuesday in the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. advisory but Helene is expected to rapidly intensify into at least a Category 2 storm. Highlands County is now under state of emergency status after Governor Ron Desantis increased the original executive list of 41…

A Sebring High School student has been arrested after two firearms were found in his vehicle at school yesterday. According to reports, 18-year-old, Alex Morales-Salvador, a senior at Sebring High, was initially caught with a vape on campus just before 1:00pm. When he was being questioned by the School Resource officer, Morales-Salvador ultimately admitted to…

A local resident wanting to t sell his home in Sebring Village, is running into some issues. Reportedly, managers of the mobile home park are actively blocking the sale of Frank Davis’s home because he won’t settle a previous lawsuit he brought against them. The lawsuit centers around current managers ordering him to paint his…

Tuesday saw Day 2 of Jury selection for the capital murder case of Joseph Ables who is accused of shooting and causing the death of Highlands County Deputy Sheriff William Gentry. Gentry died in the line of duty in May of 2018 when he was investigating a complaint from Ables’s neighbor, that Ables had shot…

One Central Florida mother is pushing for a change she believes will make schools safer. This hits home after the scare in some Highlands County schools on Friday, when a social media post made the rounds threatening school violence. Highlands County law enforcement and school officials placed some schools under a controlled campus as they…

Chris Doty, who ran against incumbent Brenda Longshore in the recent election for Superintendent of Highlands County Schools, has filed a law suit citing misconduct. The lawsuit is being brought against Supervisor of Elections Karen Healy, The Canvassing Board, and School Superintendent Brenda Longshore. The suit alleges that proper protocols were not followed when qualified…

A 17-year-old boy accused of killing his father in Oklahoma last year is now accused of killing his mother in Florida. The boy claimed he killed Charles Griffith in self-defense during a fight at their home on Valentine’s Day 2023. The boy is now accused of killing 39-year-old Catherine Griffith of Port Charlotte, Florida, during…

The Highlands County Commission is close to approving a finalized 2024-2025 budget. Commissioners had a first vote approving the county’s proposed $221.2 budget Thursday night and are expected to hold a second vote at a public hearing soon. Largest increases to the budget over last year’s county budget include $8 million for the construction of…

An alleged murder plot has been thwarted by Highlands County Sheriff’s Office investigators. The plot cooked up by Highlands County Jail inmate Dori Anne Burke and Robert Clyde Diamond of Avon Park reportedly involved a male victim that they were trying to extort in an effort to force the victim to move out of a…

A change is coming to the operation of the traffic signal at College Drive/Bill Sachsenmaier Memorial Drive and US 27. The change is scheduled to take place Tuesday, September 10th at 10:00AM. On the day of the switch the traffic signal will be turned off as crews work to put the new operation into effect.…