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If you like Christmas Parades, this is your weekend. The Sebring Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will begin to move up Ridgewood Drive starting at 7pm tonight. Officials say this will be the longest processional for them in a while. There will be ten more units added and there’s a waiting list in case anyone…

Competition gets underway today at the Alan Jay Pistons & Props event at the Sebring International Raceway. In addition to qualifying in all classes, the BRM Endurance Challenge, the Stoner Car Care Global GT Race and Classic RS Cup will be run. A series of sprint races will take place tonight as well – those…

Drivers and cars in this year’s Alan Jay Pistons & Props event are getting their first official taste of the Sebring International Raceway today. Test and tune sessions are being run for all classes. Qualifying races will start tomorrow. Also slated for tomorrow are competitions in the BRM Endurance Challenge, the Stoner Car Care Global…

Another successful kickoff for the local holiday season last night, as the Avon Park Christmas Parade went off without a hitch. Local officials first joined Heartland Helping Hands in lighting up the newly refurbished Gazebo on the Historic Mile Long Mall, with the parade following the traditional route down Main Street. The next processional will…

The local Christmas season gets underway officially this evening in Avon Park, with the annual Christmas parade. Staged by the Avon Park Chamber of Commerce, it is the first of the three holiday processionals here. More than 60 units, including floats, dancers, bands and antique cars. will head down Main Street beginning at 7pm. It…

There’s a lotta water in Lake Letta. In fact, there’s so much, Highlands County commissioners have closed the boat ramp and dock there, until water levels recede. Residents in the area have been complaining about the situation for several weeks, saying the rains from Hurricane Ian have continued to swell the lake, sending problems downstream…

When it comes to new business, it appears the Sebring-Avon Park metro area is doing better than the national average. A new study by Hire-A-Helper shows that 4.6-percent of the workforce in Highlands County is being employed by new business – that makes for over 900 employees. The local numbers beat the average of 3.9-percent…

Highlands County has a new administrator. Following some discussion yesterday, commissioners moved to drop the word “interim” from Laurie Hurner’s title, making her officially the new county administrator. The search for a new administrator had drawn better than 30 applicants – seven of which made a short list. In the end, commissioners agreed that Hurner…

A 77-year-old Sebring woman was killed yesterday in a chain-reaction accident on the Sebring Parkway. Florida Highway Patrol reports say the unnamed driver was westbound on the Parkway near the intersection of Spring Garden Road, when she lost control of her car and ran into oncoming traffic. The woman first sideswiped a car being driven…

Avon Park city council members will take care of a lot of business this evening when they meet in regular session. It will begin with the swearing-in of Mayor Garrett Anderson and Councilman Jim Barnard – both incumbents handily won re-election in balloting earlier this month. Council also will approve municipal budgets for the upcoming…