SEBRING -- The New Year didn't start out so well for a pair of men in their early 20's, with one sent to the hospital and the other to jail.

The victim was badly injured in the fight, with a large contusion on his forehead, several lacerations on his face, and a deep laceration above his left eye that appeared to need stitches, wrote Officer Jacob Riley of the Highlands County Sheriff's Offic ...

LAKE PLACID -- A battery case ended with additional charges on Thursday, including second degree felony cocaine possession.

Antonio Sanchez, 24, who was eventually found with "a strong odor of a alcoholic beverage on his breath," hit a woman and then set her clothing on fire, according to a report by Eddie San Miguel of the Lake Placid Police Department.

When he contacted the victim and her ...

SEBRING -- Residents of the Highlands Homes subdivision welcomed the new year only to wake up with a missing car stereo and other items from their vehicles.

Due to jurisdiction lines the Sebring Police Department and the Highlands County Sheriff's Office were both in the area in response to theft complaints, said SPD Sgt. Greg Barlaug.

"I'm the block captain of the crime watch so I go to th ...