A U.S. Census Job Fair will be held from 9 a.m. - noon Jan. 2 in Lake Placid. ...more

January 1, 2010

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

January 1, 2010

The following people were booked Tuesday, Dec. 29 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

December 31, 2009

I remember when the post office in my small home town was the focal point of the community. It was a place where you met your fellow friends and neighbors. You would stand around to discuss what was happening and share stories about your families and what the town council had done or was going to do. ...more

December 31, 2009

Sebring's Connor Bauer is one of those rare athletes that comes through when it matters most. ...more

December 30, 2009

Everyone who's driven along U.S. 27 knows Highlands County is a big citrus producer. In fact, it ranks second or third in Florida. ...more

December 30, 2009

December 30, 2009

I am so saddened by an article I read today on the front page of the Lake Placid Journal. It tells of a recent "Candy Day" fundraiser held by the Lake Placid Lions Club. Seventy- year-old Lion Miles Lambert, who was born and raised in Lake Placid, and who at the young age of 18 years old first became one of the Lake Placid Lions Club's first members, was arrested, being charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to raise money for the blind and deaf by standing on the sidewalk of the Lake Placid Post Office. After 52 years of giving so much of his time and efforts in the attempt to raise money for those people in our county who so desperately need help with vision and hearing problems, it is unbelievable that our sweet little town has now been infiltrated by someone in such need of standing up to "The Rules" in lieu of someone else's pain. In this day, when so many folks are out of jobs, whose children desperately need glasses that they can't afford, one would certainly admire someone who is giving of his time and efforts to try and help. ...more

December 29, 2009

Regarding Miles Lambert and his recent arrest for soliciting for the Lions Club at the Lake Placid Post Office, I will start with the premise that the government is generally unreasonable. It is apparent that precedence was established as this was not the first time he or the Lions Club solicited contributions at this facility. I have experienced similar unreasonable behavior for putting business cards in the sacred mail box. ...more

December 29, 2009

Garbage pickup in the city of Avon Park over the New Year's period will be as follows: Usual pickup for Thursday, Dec. 31 will be on Wednesday, Dec. 30. Usual pickup for Friday, Jan. 1 will be on Thursday, Dec. 31. All other pickups remain the same. ...more

December 29, 2009