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CRA & CRA Advisory Board Joint Meeting

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Dec 11, 2025

CRA & CRA Advisory Board Joint Meeting Mon, Jan 5 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm

RAINFALL TOTALS

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Jul 15, 2025

RAINFALL TOTALS! Yesterday we saw some heavy rain in our community and we want to share some of the rainfall data collected at our WeatherSTEM sta...

Reduce stormwater pollution

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Jul 02, 2025

What can you do to reduce stormwater pollution? NEVER pour or sweep ANYTHING down a storm drain! This includes pet waste, motor oil, pa...

Highlands County’s Housing division

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Jul 02, 2025

Highlands County’s Housing division can help with owner-occupied rehabilitation if you qualify. Funds help households in need of repairs ...

New Laws

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Jul 02, 2025

There are a lot of new laws that go into effect today. Here is some information on just a few of them: HB 255: "Dexter’s Law" Inc...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month - Even April 1, 2025

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Mar 28, 2025

Did you know April is Child Abuse Prevention Month? Join us on Tuesday, April 1, at 8 a.m. in front of the Highlands County Courthouse for ...

Memorial Trailhead Park

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Mar 28, 2025

Our newest Highlands County park – Memorial Trailhead Park! Park will be at the southeast corner of South Memorial Drive and Pant...

Hurricane Milton set to hit late Wednesday Early Thursday.

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 08, 2024

Be prepared - Take shelter - Stay Safe!

Updates will be given by the counties!

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 08, 2024

Updates by county are being released often and vary county to county. Please visit your counties website or Facebook page to find out up to d...

Continued Storm monitoring

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Sep 24, 2024

9 a.m., Sept. 24, 2024: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | As we continue to monitor PTC 9, rapid strengthening is expected as it heads northward, and the wind ...

Monitoring the Storm

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Sep 23, 2024

We’re still monitoring PTC 9. Strengthening is expected in the next few days and the system is forecast to become a hurricane on Wednesday. ...

Urgent Public Notice: Lake Verona Bacteria (August 29, 2024 | 8:40am)

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: City - on Aug 31, 2024

**Urgent Public Notice: Lake Verona Bacteria** (August 29, 2024 | 8:40am) ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF AVON PARK **Urgent Public Notice: High ba...

Circle B Bar closed

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Aug 05, 2024

Bartow, Fla. (August 5, 2024) — The Circle B Bar Reserve will be closed to the public beginning at dusk today due to flooding. The location will...

Burn Ban Highlands County

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on May 30, 2024

BURN BAN IN EFFECT IN HIGHLANDS COUNTY Due to dry weather conditions over an extensive period resulting in a drought index rating exceeding...

Hurricane Preparedness week

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on May 06, 2024

Today is the first day of Hurricane Preparedness Week! With the start of hurricane season a month away, now is the time to assess ...

Health Alert: Blue-green Algal toxins

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Apr 27, 2024

Sharing this message for our community partners at Florida Department of Health in Highlands County: The Florida Department of Health i...

Scam Alert

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Apr 27, 2024

Warrant scam still very active Scammers are still calling residents claiming to be law enforcement and demanding money to prevent being...

Polk County’s Water Needs

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Apr 25, 2024

April is Water Conservation Month, which makes it a good time to talk about Polk County’s water forecast and the Polk Regional Water Cooper...

Scam Alert

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Apr 25, 2024

Scammers are calling residents claiming to be from the Heartland National Bank Fraud Department. They are asking for account and personal information ...

Detectives investigating shooting in Avon Park

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Apr 23, 2024

Detectives investigating shooting in Avon Park Posted on Fri, Apr 19, 2024, 11:30 AM EDT AVON PARK -- Highlands County Sheriff's Office detec...

Help a Hero for Veterans Day: HCSO Partners with Cell Phone for Soldiers

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Other News on Oct 27, 2023

Get a free HCSO tote bag when you drop off a device! SEBRING -- The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office invites the community to participate in i...

Maintenance Work Update

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Sep 25, 2023

Starting this Monday, Sept. 25, Road & Bridge will have contractors begin repair work on the fencing along the NORTHBOUND lane of Sebring Parkwa...

4th of July Safety

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Jul 04, 2023

Please remember fireworks are legal today, so it may be noisy in your neighborhood. Please don’t call 911 with firework complaints unless some...

US 27 Public Hearing Rescheduled

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Apr 03, 2023

The US 27 Public Hearing previously scheduled for April 4, 2023 has been rescheduled for May 16, 2023. Please see the project website (https://www.swf...

Road Closures in Polk County

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Mar 03, 2023

Countywide construction projects continue to impact Polk County traffic. The following Polk County road closures will detour traffic and slow commut...

Highlands County Homeowner annual filling

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Feb 16, 2023

Message for Property Appraisers' office: To Highlands County homeowners – the annual filing period for homestead exemption is Jan. 1 through Ma...

Smoky outside

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Feb 15, 2023

It's smoky today due to multiple controlled burns in the area. The wind just happens to be blowing the smoke back over us. learn more about p...

Highlands County community to get state broadband money

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Feb 09, 2023

Highlands County community to get state broadband money On Feb. 2, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the first set of awards through the state’...

Board of County Commissioners meeting

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Feb 09, 2023

Here is a summary of actions taken at yesterday's Board of County Commissioners meeting: Recognized the promotions of firefighter/EMT ...

Recycling Drop off Sites

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 17, 2022

REMINDER! All three recycling drop-off sites are open! • The Avon Park site is open from 2-5:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and f...

Road Closures Highlands County

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 17, 2022

UPDATE ON CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES We have an update for everyone on the two remaining road closures because of Hurricane Ian. AVON PARK ...

Hurricane Ian

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Sep 26, 2022

Check https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for up to date information on Hurricane Ian. Stay safe.

Be suspicious of unsolicited calls from contractors

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Apr 06, 2022

With all the damage caused by Monday night’s hail storm, we are starting to see unsolicited contractors and roofers in our area. Like...

Be Cautious - Hail Repair Calls

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Apr 06, 2022

With all the damage caused by the hail storm, this is kind of like the post-Irma days. That means there are a lot of insurance adjusters and contrac...

Cold weather shelter

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Jan 28, 2022

A cold weather shelter will open for residents from 7 p.m. tonight to 8 a.m. Thursday at Bert J. Harris Jr. Agriculture Center, Conference Room 3.

Youth Ranch Summer Camp

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Jan 21, 2022

Each summer, the Highlands County Sheriff's Office sends more than 70 local students to a free, week-long stay at the Florida Sheriff Youth Ranch Summ...

Polk County Investigations

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Jan 21, 2022

Polk County Sheriff News & Investigations News Releases and Public Information The recent news releases sent out by the PIOs can be found on th...

102 Arrested in 6-Day PCSO

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Nov 01, 2021

Operation No Tricks No Treats 2021: 102 Arrested in 6-Day PCSO Undercover Operation Seeking to Disrupt Human Trafficking Media Contact: Carrie...

Highlands County Sheriff

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Oct 13, 2021

ATTENTION LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS! WE WANT YOU!$𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰...

Hardee County Sheriff

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Oct 13, 2021

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month What is Domestic Violence? It's a pattern of controlling behaviors - Violence or t...

PCSO in need of crossing guards

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Oct 05, 2021

PCSO in need of crossing guards at various locations in Polk Media Contact: Carrie Horstman, Administrator The Polk County Sheriff's Office is seeki...

DON’T STEAL OR DEFACE CAMPAIGN SIGNS

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Sep 29, 2020

Guess this is a message we are going to have to put out every election season from now on because people don’t know how to behave like rational ...

Flood Watch

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Sep 13, 2020

National Weather Service - Flood Watch The Flood Watch continues for * West central and southwest Florida including the following areas, in sou...

FDOH COVID-19 Update

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Aug 01, 2020

The FDOH COVID-19 dashboard is updated once a day. Visit floridahealthcovid19.gov. As of 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 1, the state COVID-1...

Power Outage Reporting

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Aug 01, 2020

Important information for Duke Energy customers Outage alerts and reporting power outages Before the storm hits, customers can sign up to ...

Hurricane Isaias Update

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Jul 31, 2020

Hurricane Isaias update for 5 pm on 7/31/20 The latest update on Hurricane Isaias brings the track a little closer to us, but the storm is not expe...

Sheriffs Office app now offers COVID-19 alerts

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Other News on Mar 18, 2020

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office knows how much uncertainty there is surrounding the COVID-19 crisis. That's why we are offering a way to receive...

Coronavirus/COVID-19 update

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Other News on Mar 17, 2020

Here is the latest on Highlands County’s response to the coronavirus and COVID-19: There are still NO confirmed cases of the the virus in Highl...

TRAFFIC ALERT

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Traffic on Mar 10, 2020

Crash on US 27 between Whisper Circle and Bramblewood Rd. in Sebring has lane closures on both sides of highway. Please find another route if possibl...

How to spot a scam email

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Feb 25, 2020

Here is a prime example of a scam email. There are at least five giveaways that this is a scam if you just take a good look: 1. Check the email addre...

Scams active today

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Crime/Public Safety on Feb 10, 2020

We have had a lot of scam reports today. One scammer was claiming to be with Walgreens and was trying to “verify account inf...

Search continues for Margaret Helen Becker

Highlands County Sheriff’s Office: Law Enforcement - Traffic on Feb 03, 2020

Units from the Highlands County Sherif's Office and the FWC are searching the Kissimmee River for Margaret Helen Becker. We will release more informat...

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