Marc Valero

The Sebring fire assessment appears to be going up with the City Council voting to move forward with a residential rate that would be a 43.5% increase over two years.

A Sebring eco-park near U.S. 27 appears to be in the works with the city poised to purchase 25 acres behind the Lowe’s home improvement store.

A month ago Robin Bomarito and her husband moved from Denver to Avon Park to get away from the cold and snow, but last week she was ready to beat

Highlands County seeks an additional section of the Sebring Parkway to be part of an agreement with the City of Sebring to share the costs of maintaining the roadway.

Contract talks between the School Board of Highlands County and the teachers union continues today after a meeting of the District’s insurance committee.

By MARC VALERO

The latest state assessment scores were released Monday by the Florida Department of Education showing that Highlands has room for improvement while the District touts its gains.

The state math assessment scores from the Florida Department of Education shows Highlands ahead of the state average in three of the six grade levels that were tested and only

The plan to build classroom wings at two elementary schools is at the financing stage with The School Board of Highlands County holding three special meetings starting at 4 p.m.

“Citizen, property owner, taxpayer” are the words Larry Overfield frequently used to introduce himself at School Board of Highlands County meetings over the past four years or so.