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It’s Thursday at the Highlands County Fair, that means the Junior Livestock Auction will be held in the pavillion beginning at 6pm. Sponsored by Heartland National Bank, most all the animals shown at the fair this year will go on the auction block to the highest bidder. It’s the youngsters’ chance to make back the…

It’s Day Six at the Highlands County Fair with more livestock shows and plenty of entertainment on tap. Slated for today are Poultry Judging and the Pee Wee Show for youngsters with small animals. Last night was the Market Steer Show. Showing the Grand Champion there was Autumn Reynolds. Reserve Grand Champion was shown by…

Highlands County Sheriff’s Deputies continue to search for Herman Hernandez. He’s a suspect in a domestic violence incident. Hernandez last was last shortly after 9:00 last night near Hall Road and SR 70. He is described as a hispanic male with brown eyes and hair; with a moustache and stocky build. Hernandez was wearing jeans…

Highlands County is awash with new royalty. No fewer than four girls were crowned in pageants over the weekend at the Highlands County Fair. It began Friday evening when Carly Vega was tapped as Junior Miss Highlands County on Highlands Radio Group Day. Wearing the tiara as Miss Highlands County this year will be Lauren…

Highlands County sheriff’s deputies were called to the hospital last night when a patient showed up with a bullet wound. Apparently, the injury is not life-threatening, but detectives are having a difficult time trying to find out when, where, why and how it happened. Units from Lake Placid were called to a structure fire last…

Final preparations are underway for tomorrow’s opening of the Highlands County Fair. Gates will open tomorrow evening at 5:00 with Highlands Radio Group Day. On stage at the Alan Jay Arena will be the Junior Miss Highlands County Pageant. New this year will be Magic by Nelson, Chainsaw Artist Rodney Green and the Sea Lion…

Firefighters across Highlands County were busy overnight. First, units from the City of Sebring responded to a warehouse fire on Commercial Drive just north of the Fairmount shopping plaza. The call went out shortly after 7:30. There were no injuries reported. Cause of the fire was not released. It’s unknown what was in the warehouse.…

Officials at the Avon Park Air Force Range yesterday had advised people through social media that they would be hosting exercises that would be loud. They weren’t kidding. There were calls and posts throughout the evening asking about the loud “booms” – some loud enough to rattle windows. Never fear, it was just some practice,…

It may not come as news, but local rents are going up. A new survey by Construction Coverage shows that since last year, rents have jumped more than 11-percent locally. The report indicates that the average rent in the Avon Park – Sebring metro area was $1,134. That’s now jumped to $1,261. Still, that’s not…

A new survey shows when it comes to housing Highlands County is younger than a lot of places. The survey by Construction Coverage shows that the median age of homes in the Sebring-Avon Park metro area is 35 years, with half of its housing stock built before 1987. The national average is 41 years. Nevertheless,…