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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 can help with owner-occupied rehabilitation if you qualify. Funds help households in need of repairs ...
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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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 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 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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