Highlands County Press Release Lake Placid man charged with first-degree murder LAKE PLACID -- A 70-year-old man is in the ...

An elderly man in Lake Placid is charged with first-degree murder after deputies said he shot and killed his 40-year-old housemate and admitted to being the shooter. Highlands County Sheriff's Office ...

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said they were called to a home on Sarasota Street in Lake Placid around 5 p.m. about the shooting. When deputies arrived, they found the victim dead in the front ...

Two Lake Placid teenagers were killed on Friday after a Highlands County crash caused the pick-up truck they were in to roll ...

Two teenagers were ejected from a vehicle and killed Friday night after a crash on US-27 in Highlands County, the Florida ...

LAKE PLACID, Fla. — An 18-year-old faces numerous charges weeks after he allegedly sped away from Florida Highway Patrol ...

An 18-year-old involved in a deadly crash while speeding from the Florida Highway Patrol in Highlands County has been ...

A lot of people like to stop and feed the royal swans that call Lake ... Florida Highway Patrol. One man is dead and another was hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision on SR-60 ...

A Lake Placid man has been arrested after deputies say they found numerous emaciated dogs on his property, including one that ...

James Barfield has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.

In July 2024, animals seized from a Brooksville farm were at the center of an animal mistreatment investigation. LAKE PLACID, ...

Florida is the caladium capital of the country, and the vast majority of these are grown in Highlands County, especially in the Lake Placid area.