SEBRING — There's a new telephone scam being tried out, said Paul Hinman of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Unit, on Tuesday. At least 10 people have contacted the unit's office at the Lakeshore Mall reporting that a man with a Jamaican (West Indian) accent called telling the listener that if they send him $800, he will send them $5 million, Hinman said. ...more

November 28, 2007

Daniel Parbel looked decidedly uncomfortable when detectives questioned him on Oct. 10, 2005, about John Benjamin's death. ...more

November 16, 2007

I would like to respond to an entry by Sharon K. Hays, of Valrico, concerning her experience with a solicitation call from the Fraternal Order of Police (Letters, Nov. 5). ...more

November 14, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Opening statements are to begin this afternoon in Daniel Parbel's first-degree murder trial. Two years ago, authorities say, the Hudson man killed John J. Benjamin, who owed money to the stepdaughter of then-Port Richey police Chief Bill Sager. ...more

November 13, 2007

SEBRING — IRS scams are rearing their ugly heads again in Highlands County, according to Nell Hays of the sheriff's crime prevention unit. There have been several cases reported again of people pretending to be with the Internal Revenue Service. "They're telling people they have a problem with their tax return," said Hays. They ask them for personal information such as birth certificates, Social Security numbers, their date of birth, driver's license numbers and bank account numbers. "I think this person received a letter," Hays said. "Any time a request such as that is received it should be checked out with extreme caution." ...more

November 11, 2007

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative has completed its move to its Bayonet Point District Office near the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

November 2, 2007

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative has moved to its Bayonet Point District office near the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

October 31, 2007

SEBRING — New blood can often shake up an organization, with fresh ideas, enthusiasm and willingness to serve. Newly elected S.A.L.T. Council President Nicole Montoya-Bragg was informed over the telephone of her nomination. She accepted the challenge. That set the tone for the rest of the meeting. The Highlands County Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) Council elected new officers Friday at its regularly scheduled meeting held at the Highlands County Sheriff's Office Community Service Center in the Lakeshore Mall. ...more

October 13, 2007

Pasco County is moving a bit closer to mandatory trash recycling. ...more

October 9, 2007

A trash hauler will earn about $2 million a year from Pasco County to truck excess garbage to another county instead of burying the waste in landfills here ...more

September 25, 2007