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Memorial Elementary School was evacuated briefly yesterday after the report of something that smelled like gas in the kitchen area. As a precautionary method, the students were evacuated from the building. An assessment by experts from TECO Energy and Avon Park fire department officials determined it was hydraulic fluid from a faulty cylinder. School officials…

It appears the City of Charm has an invasion of the homeless. The issue came up at the Avon Park city council meeting with City Manager Mark Schrader revealing the issue. Code enforcement officer Randy Labelle said enforcing ordinances on the matter with property owners has been a long and cumbersome process – with people…

Officials from Bernie Little Distributing report that, without fanfare, the first trucks rolled out this morning from their new facility off the Sebring Parkway. The first load of Budweiser headed out shortly after 3:00am. It was in February of last year, officials broke ground on the 63,000 square foot air-conditioned warehouse. Bernie Little has been…

The 8th Annual Veterans Expo begins today at American Legion Post 69 in Avon Park. The Vietnam and Global War on Terror Travelling Walls will arrive at the Bell Street location and 14 of the planned 52 vendors also will be set up today to help veterans. The event is designed to highlight resources such…

Highlands County Commissioners met in regular session this morning. There, they had a robust discussion about county maintained and non-county maintained roads, and how conditions on some are so bad that safety and other services will not go down those thoroughfares to customers. County Attorney Sherry Sutphon called for those who purchase properties to have…

It’s been a long, hard road, but officials from Bernie Little Distributing say they are gettng ready to ship their first truckloads of Budweiser from their new 63,000 square-foot warehouse off the Sebring Parkway. It was in February of last year officials broke ground on the major expansion project that will serve Highlands, Hardee, Polk…

Officials at Advent Health Sebring have revealed Highlands County has a couple of new citizens. Our first baby of the new year was a boy, born just after midnight this morning. The last baby of 2022 got in under the wire. She was born just after 9pm on New Year’s Eve. Officials report both babies…

Crews have cleared the Carousel of Lights off the Circle in downtown Sebring and things are ready to ring in the New Year. Highlands County will greet 2023 with a big New Year’s Eve Party tomorrow evening starring Nashville recording artist Tommy Brandt. There will be a car show from 4-6pm with a block party…

Well, it appears Christmas is over, gas prices have made a jump across Highlands County. The hike ranges from 10 to 20-cents depending on the staring point. The operative price for a gallon of unleaded petrol apparently has landed at $3.09 at most stations here. As people begin to strike their holiday decorations, officials from…

A new survey has found that when it comes to mortgage rates, the Sebring-Avon Park metro area falls significantly short of national averages. The analysis found that nearly 30-percent of the mortgages here had an interest rate lower than three percent. That was well below the national average of 42-percent. In fact, Highlands was outpaced…