A commercial building and several pieces of heavy equipment were destroyed in Avon Park after a fire broke out on Wednesday evening, according to Highlands County Fire Rescue.

The seamstress prepares to open her storefront Akduash Attire in Avon Park and fulfill a lifelong dream inspired by her mother. From humble beginnings as a seamstress in Jamaica, Rochelle Kinney is ...

Florida’s 1920s boom was not limited to the coasts. Towns in the center of the state also saw a lot of development following World War I as Americans took advantage of cars, roads, higher incomes and ...

AVON PARK, Fla., Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS)—a top national homebuilder, industry leader in online home sales, and featured on America's Most Trustworthy ...

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. home sales slumped. Since then, however, the market has come roaring back — and rising demand, in conjunction with a relatively low supply of housing ...

Avon Park, FL - Rev. Robert W. Lewis, age 79, of Avon Park, Florida, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019. He was born January 1, 1940 in Talladega, Alabama to Guy and Beuna (Moody) Lewis. He was a ...