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There’s action on the track at the Sebring International Raceway today as the Fanatec GT World Challenge America cars run their test & tune sessions in preparation for the upcoming race weekend. Practice laps will be held tomorrow. On the circuit will be Fanatec GT World Challenge, Pirelli GT4 America, Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup…

Load in starts today for the Fanatec GT World Challenge America. The series will be back at the Sebring Intenational Raceway for a three day competition which officially begins Friday. A full slate of GT cars from Mercedes and Porsche to BMW and Acura will be on track. Drivers in for the event include 12…

It will be a split shift for the Highlands County commission today. At their regular session this morning the commission voted by a 3-2 margin to change zoning on a 38-acre parcel off Mike Kahn Road east of the Sebring Parkway. It will go from agricultural to a mobile home district. Planned is a 220…

Highlands County Sheriff’s detectives are unravelling the circumstances around an apparent murder. A 21-year-old Avon Park man was found shot to death behind a home on South A Avenue in the City of Charm during the early morning hours over the weekend. Authorities say the homeowner found the body about 1:AM after hearing gunshots. Sheriff’s…

Avon Park city council members have turned back a request for a raise from Florida Airport Management. The group, which has taken over the operation of the Avon Park airfield, had asked for an increase in their monthly allocation from $10,000 to $25,000 a month – while they run the facility and pursue a grant…

Highlands County is not a hotbed for millennials, so it should come as no surprise the area ranked so low for home loans by that age group in a recent survey. The study, compiled by Construction Coverage showed that the Sebring/Avon Park metro area was the fourth lowest for millennials taking out home loans. Millennials…

Some heavy weather rolled through central Florida early this morning, with rain and lots of lightning. Apparently, it set off alarms throughout eastern Hardee, Southern Polk and Highlands County. Authorities say despite the rain, thunder and lightning – no flooding or other damage has been reported. Highlands County commissioners will hold a special workshop today…

Today is 9/11. It’s the 22nd anniversary of the day the twin towers came down in New York, the Pentagon was attacked in Washington and Flight 93 was downed in Pennsylvania. There was one observance in Highlands County. That was this morning at American Legion Post 25 north of Lake Placid. Guest Speaker was be…

Highlands County Sheriff’s detectives are seeking information to help solve a murder. They are looking for anyone who came in contact with Douglas Lieland, also known as “Slim,” between Monday Aug. 28 and Thursday Aug. 31. Lieland was found inside his home on San Jose Avenue in the Lake Letta/Bonnett Lake area – south of…

Eight people have been arrested in Avon Park as part of a drug sweep there. Highlands County Sheriff’s investigators say the months-long probe ended Tuesday with the bust on North Lone Bay Boulevard on the west end of the Avon Park Lakes subdivision. Charged were Christopher Bradley Owens, Brianna Mae Gilmore, Chaz Allen Demeere, Briana…