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Months-long search for missing woman continues: Highlands County Sheriff's Office

Kellie Penland
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HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. — Authorities are seeking any possible leads to locating 63-year-old Kellie Penland who was last heard from in November of 2025.

Highlands County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said Penland's last contact was at Advent Health in Sebring. Penland's family has been without contact from her.

HCSO describes Penland as 5-foot-4, around 90 pounds, with green eyes.

HCSO urges anyone with information to call 863-402-7200, option 1.

'It's someone's loved one': Tampa approves land swap to preserve the stolen graves at Zion Cemetery

The City of Tampa said council members approved a land swap agreement to transfer privately owned land believed to be Zion, Tampa's first African American cemetery.

Zion Cemetery land swap approved by Tampa City Council