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5 days ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
The Highlands County Board of County Commissioners will consider temporarily halting the approval of sand mines at its Tuesday meeting.
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5 days ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | Marc Valero |Mike Schneider |John Guerra
News Christmas tradition passes from father to son, Sebring recognizes Jon Spiegel retiring from Carousel of Lights For more than 30 years the month of November was a busy time for Jon Spiegel as he transformed Circle Park in downtown Sebring into a delightful holiday destination for families throughout the community. He founded the The Sebring Christmas Carousel of Lights, which features colorful holiday decorations and lighting, a singing zoo puppet show, miniature golf and Santa Claus.
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5 days ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
A Sebring family is in mourning following the death of their son in a fiery car crash near Junction City, Kansas, last Sunday. Wichita TV station KAKE reported that Bradyn Roberts, 20, a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, died in a car crash around 2:13 a.m. Sunday, May 25. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Roberts was traveling northbound on U.S. 77 near Old Milford Road at a high rate of speed when it left the road and entered a ditch on the east side of the road.
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6 days ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
Jyermarkis Jenkins and four other young people are scheduled to be arraigned June 9 for the first-degree murder and robbery of 21-year-old Elijah Joredell Daley. All five defendants are charged with first degree murder, robbery, and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony. Robbery turned murderThe murder took place at the Ramada Inn in Lake Placid at just before 5 a.m. on May 8. Prosecutors believe the five defendants set Daley up for an armed robbery-turned-murder.
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1 week ago | 
naplespress.com | John Guerra
Collier now
A HondaJet landing at Naples Airport on April 9 ended up in the grass.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
The president of a local youth football team has been arrested for allegedly stealing $57,014.13 from the team’s funds. Ivory Benard Williams, the president of the Highlands County Chargers who had sole control over the organization’s TD Bank account, misappropriated the funds between Feb. 18, 2022 and February 2025, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said. The organization sponsors youth football in the county.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
Placid Lakes Country Club, which for generations served Lake Placid and the southern part of Highlands County, is for sale. Dee Dee Harstine, co-owner of the 134.09-acre, 18-hole golf course and pro shop at 3601 Placid Lakes Blvd., said the property is listed with Realtor Greg Karlson, owner of Advantage Realty #1. However, rumors that the owners have found a buyer are false, Harstine said Wednesday. “You can’t believe what everyone is saying,” Harstine said.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
A judge sentenced Virgil West to life in prison on Friday for the second-degree murder of Shawn Zeigler and 30 years for the second-degree attempted murder of Carrie Leaphart in Lorida nearly a decade ago. A jury found West guilty of the crimes on Friday afternoon following a five-day trial. West, who admitted to “poor judgment” asked Circuit Court Judge David Ward for a “second chance at life” before the judge pronounced sentence, less than an hour after the jury’s verdict.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
Deputies arrested Crystal Lynn Wakeland for allegedly hiding evidence of a sexual predator’s failure to register a new phone. On May 20, Channie Lehemiah Donald Jr. – a registered sexual predator – for stopped for driving with a suspended license. Donald had a black iPhone, which he allegedly used to text Wakeland. That raised the attention of Detective Luis Ramos, who monitors the registration requirements of sexual predators.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | John Guerra
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