Avon Park News

Severe weather from Tropical Storm Beryl briefly pelted parts of south Highlands County with 1-inch hail and 2-3 inches of rain Sunday evening and soaked the rest of the county.

The City of Avon Park will move Monday's garbage pickup to Tuesday and Tuesday's pickup to Wednesday.

Sebring police officer Joshua Copeland talks to a driver during the department's seat belt enforcement effort Friday on the Circle.

A worldwide event will take place in "small town" America Sunday as community members join together during the Pentecost Global Day of Prayer.

Highlands County Animal Control officer Darryl Scott and sheriff's deputy Fred Tagtmeir will meet today with the owners of three malnourished horses.

Ward, along with her husband G. Franklyn Ward, founded the Ridge Area Arc in 1957 after the birth of her own son, Rob Ward.

The routine business of running the Lake Wales charter schools took but a brief time at Monday's work session and board meeting.

Avon Park city employees are rallying around one of their co-workers who suffered heart problems and a group is trying to raise funds to help with overwhelming medical bills.

Ridge Area Arc consumers awarded Friday are, in back from left, Ricky Singer, Joshua Croston, Bobby Brewington and Mark Rieke.

Drug Free Highlands has placed permanent drop-off boxes for old medications at the county's three municipal police stations.

Veterinarians including Dr. Elton Gissendanner have suggested that Sheriff Susan Benton enforce the animal laws, and that a nonprofit humane society take over the animal shelter.

The city is moving closer to starting a curbside residential recycling program with city council supporting a recommendation to cut garbage collection from two to one day per week when recycling starts.

Shannon Hudnell, a veterinary assistant, holds Ellie, a 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier, while Dr.

Highlands County on Thursday saluted its law enforcement officers and paid tribute to those who died in the line of duty.

It is a small garden, just like 7-year-old Matthew Dylan "Matty" Waldrup was, but the aura of love emitting from the small sun-speckled area is overwhelming.

He was born July 21, 1954, in Avon Park and he has been a lifelong resident of the area.

Rick Haberman, with two of his four dogs, looks on as two of the African zebu cattle on his farm come for some feed.

The sheriff's office sought the public's help Tuesday to identify this man, who reportedly cashed a check in a bogus roofing job.

It was already hot by 9:30 Saturday morning, but it didn't seem to slow down members of Boy Scout Troop 808 who had turned out to help Justin Smith complete the community service project he needed to advance to Eagle Scout.

Jerri Kaplan gets some help adjusting her mask from fellow female firefighter Rene Jolliff before a training exercise on Thursday.