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Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 08, 2024
Be prepared - Take shelter - Stay Safe!
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...
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 ...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
Here is a summary of actions taken at yesterday's Board of County Commissioners meeting: Recognized the promotions of firefighter/EMT ...
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...
UPDATE ON CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES We have an update for everyone on the two remaining road closures because of Hurricane Ian. AVON PARK ...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Important information for Duke Energy customers Outage alerts and reporting power outages Before the storm hits, customers can sign up to ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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