SEBRING — Preston Colby, local public watchdog, was recently in court seeking public records. Colby seeks a release of public records from meetings of the Florida Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative (FHREDI) committee. Colby maintains the the committee held visioning sessions with volunteers in 2006 that violated the Florida Sunshine Law. ...more

May 11, 2008

SEBRING –– Two of the three county budget office employees fired for sending sexually explicit instant messages on their county work computers during work hours are threatening state and, if that doesn't work, federal legal action. Those threats were made by Jim McCollum, attorney for Treasa Handley and Jarod Lee, who were fired for sending several thousand "inappropriate" instant messages during work, many of them described as "sexually explicit." ...more

February 21, 2008

A spokeswoman for Tampa General Hospital has confirmed that Michael B. McCraken, 44, of Sebring, has died as a result of injuries he sustained after failing off a moving trailer on Tuesday, in the Tanglewood subdivision. ...more

February 15, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man was critically injured at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when he fell from a moving trailer in the Tanglewood subdivision. ...more

February 13, 2008

SEBRING – Sebring attorney Jim McCollum said people who don't think about the future will be stuck in the past. McCollum, who has been practicing law in Sebring for 35 years, thought ahead by bringing in two attorneys. Mia Mancinelli and J.L. Perez joined the firm last year. The firm will be known as McCollum, Mancinelli and Perez P.L. Mancinelli and Perez are considered members, which McCollum described as the "functional equivalent" of a partner. "I realized what a great job these guys had done and thought it was appropriate to put their names on the door," McCollum said. ...more

February 10, 2008

SEBRING — With sacks full of candy, fairies, mummies, witches and pirates made their way around the Circle on Friday morning during the annual Harvest of Treats. More festivities continue tonight as trick-or-treating starts in all three municipalities. Taylor Simmons was decked out red from head to toe with a purple boa and a trademark red hat with purple accessories. At age 2, she's just a little younger than the average Red Hatter. ...more

October 27, 2007