Avon Park News

The body of a Broward County woman missing for 12 years has been found - at the bottom of a lake about 100 yards from her front door.

An Avon Park woman was thrown from her SUV and killed after the vehicle struck a wild hog, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

Marilyn Palmer of Avon Park stopped by the Car Fit event at South Florida Community College Saturday morning because she was not comfortable with the placement of her side mirrors.

A traffic stop on Saturday led to a former Connecticut resident being charged with failure to register as a sex offender, a third-degree felony.

The Highlands Tea Party movement is growing at a rapid pace and has been in the process of planning its next event, which will take place from 1-3 p.m. Saturday on the Circle in downtown Sebring.

With horses, grey hounds, police dogs, a semi-truck, police car, two fire trucks and plenty of guests talking about their careers, Park Elementary School's students were wide-eyed with plenty of questions for Friday's Great American Teach-In. From the get-go students knew this was not a typical day of learning with News Channel 8 reporter Jeff ...

More than 20,000 visitors are expected to visit Flywheeler Park over the next couple of days, and many come for different reasons.

Walking into the beautiful Walmart store in Avon Park is quite a thrill. Looking at the vast array of products on the shelves from all over the world is a unique experience and being served by helpful employees is great.

Former Avon Park police officer Alberto Perez pleaded guilty Monday morning to charges of extortion and official misconduct.

Out of 4,471 registered voters, just 649 cast their vote in the election for city council in Avon Park on Tuesday.

The sanctuary at Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church filled to overflowing, the large gathering subdued and respectful as the community said a final goodbye to Ryan Christopher Martin, a young firefighter who was killed in a traffic accident on his way to work Thursday morning, Oct.

The following profiles of the four candidates running for three open seats on the Avon Park City Council are written in the first person, and based on sit-down interviews held with each candidate, to give voters an sense of the person running for office in Tuesday's election, as well as what each one thinks.

The signs along Main Street in downtown Avon Park are all too telling that it's Election Day.

Halloween is upon us, a night where ghosts and goblins travel from door to door, passing those who give them a treat, but laying a trick at the door of those who ignore their haunting.

"If someone would like to make a donation, instead of buying Avon, the entire amount will go the Children's Advocacy Center," she said.

There is a change in pickup for yard waste, C and D waste, and appliances for Avon Park residents.

An Avon Park motorcyclist has died after running into the back end of a school bus early Thursday morning.

A Georgia man remains in Highlands County Jail without bond after being charged with dealing in stolen property in connection with a stolen handgun that was recovered and fired in a suspicious incident, possibly a robbery.

On behalf of the Madelyn Pettis Scholarship Fund, we would like to thank each and everyone who participated in the first Madelyn Pettis Scholarship Fun Shoot, held on Oct.

For the last two years, the economic downturn held up the expansion of U.S. 27 from Lake Isis Avenue to the Polk County line.