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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…

Highlands County joined the rest of the Sunshine State this weekend in blast of freezing temperatures. Local officials took the opportunity to open up a cold weather shelter. The facility was opened in the Ag-Center Friday and Saturday night. There was one person each evening. There was no shelter opened last night. Like hurricane shelter…

You may think the area is growing quickly – but apparently, not by national averages. A new study by the Inspection Support Network, looking at the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States, found that the Sebring-Avon Park area grew by 1.2-percent over the study period. That’s about half the national average of 2.8-percent during…

Main Street in Avon Park may be losing a couple of lanes. City Manager Mark Schrader told Avon Park city council members that the artery could go from four lanes to two lanes. Florida Department of Transportation officials reportedly started the discussion, asking about converting one of the current traffic lanes to a bicycle lane.…

Fire Rescue members responded to a hard landing at the Sebring Regional Airport last night. Two passengers were on board the single-engine aircraft when it went off the runway then went nose-in to the dirt. No injuries were reported. Highlands County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation. Harder Hall developers have released an update on…