SEBRING -- Some of the best four-legged and furry cops in the state are getting put through their paces in Sebring this week as the Highlands County Sheriff's Office is hosting the United States Police Canine Association's regional Police Dog 1 certification competition.

By achieving 490 points out of a possible 700, a police dog earns his certification. If a K-9 team scores 560 points or more ...

AVON PARK -- County engineers have come up with a new way to handle the intersection of Phase III of the Sebring Parkway, Memorial Drive and College Drive.

The concern has been how to keep College Drive, which winds its way through the South Florida State College campus, from becoming a major link between the next phase of the Parkway and U.S. 27. The college wanted to keep as much traffic as ...

By BARRY FOSTER

News-Sun correspondent

SEBRING - Florida Governor Rick Scott has inked the state's new $74.1 billion state budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The action included some $368 million in vetoes.

It appears that a couple of Highlands County programs escaped the governor's red pen - the $2 million Fisheating Creek Floating Aquatic Vegetative Tilling System and a $12,000 improvem ...

By BARRY FOSTER

News-Sun correspondent

SEBRING - In making a presentation to the Highlands County commission Tuesday morning, Commissioner Jim Brooks asked TDC Executive Director John Scherlacher about how the TDC's room verification system works.

Scherlacher explained that event organizers set up arrangement with a "host hotel" or other lodging facility to help keep track of the number of ...