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Memorial Trailhead Park

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...

Hurricane Milton set to hit late Wednesday Early Thursday.

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 08, 2024

Be prepared - Take shelter - Stay Safe!

Updates will be given by the counties!

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 08, 2024

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...

School Open - Weather Update

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Sep 24, 2024

Hillsborough County Public Schools Parents and Families, We are currently monitoring the approaching tropical weather system that is expected t...

Circle B Bar closed

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...

Hurricane Preparedness week

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 ...

Polk County’s Water Needs

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...

Detectives investigating shooting in Avon Park

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...

4th of July Safety

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...

US 27 Public Hearing Rescheduled

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...

Road Closures in Polk County

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...

Recycling Drop off Sites

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...

Road Closures Highlands County

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: County - on Oct 17, 2022

UPDATE ON CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES We have an update for everyone on the two remaining road closures because of Hurricane Ian. AVON PARK ...

Hurricane Ian

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.

Be Cautious - Hail Repair Calls

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...

Cold weather shelter

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.

Youth Ranch Summer Camp

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...

Polk County Investigations

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...

102 Arrested in 6-Day PCSO

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...

Highlands County Sheriff

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...

Hardee County Sheriff

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...

PCSO in need of crossing guards

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...

DON’T STEAL OR DEFACE CAMPAIGN SIGNS

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 ...

Flood Watch

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...

FDOH COVID-19 Update

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...

Power Outage Reporting

Reposted by Central Florida Cities: Law Enforcement - Other News on Aug 01, 2020

Important information for Duke Energy customers Outage alerts and reporting power outages Before the storm hits, customers can sign up to ...

Hurricane Isaias Update

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...

Sheriffs Office app now offers COVID-19 alerts

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...

Coronavirus/COVID-19 update

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...

TRAFFIC ALERT

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...

How to spot a scam email

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...

Scams active today

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...

Search continues for Margaret Helen Becker

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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