Local News from News Talk 730

A deadly lightning strike claimed the lives of two Miami men, ages 38 and 31, along with their hunting dogs in southeast Highlands County. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers found their bodies Wednesday on a levee near Canal C-41A after they were reported missing. Investigators believe the strike happened Monday night, though the Medical Examiner Continue reading

Local veterans and their families are getting extra support in Highlands County. The Veterans Service Office and Highlands County Library System are hosting a free tutorial to help with the My HealtheVet website. The session takes place Monday, October 13th, at 9 a.m. at the Sebring Public Library. VSO staff will guide veterans step-by-step through Continue reading

A 15-year-old Avon Park High School student has been arrested and charged with a second-degree felony for making a written threat to kill. Deputies say the student posted photos holding pistols and threatened another student by text. Sheriff Paul Blackman stressed such threats will always be taken seriously and urged parents to warn their children Continue reading

A Highlands County corrections officer is among nearly 250 arrested in a major Polk County human trafficking sting. Detectives say 56-year-old Robert Vincent Hill, III, of Lake Placid, a Florida Department of Corrections sergeant, tried to pay $200 to sexually abuse a 13-year-old. He was arrested Thursday in Highlands County and then booked into the Continue reading

Prosecutors say disturbing hotel surveillance video and text messages helped build a strong case in the killing of 21-year-old Elijah Daley. In a hearing last week, a detective detailed how Daley thought he was meeting friends at a Lake Placid Ramada Inn in May, but instead was ambushed — shot nine times after suspects plotted Continue reading