SEBRING, Fla. - A deputy on overnight patrol in the Sebring area of Highlands County is being honored with a Valor Award for his efforts during a house fire in January.

According to reports, Deputy Donivan Cooper was patrolling in the Sebring area around 4 a.m. when he noticed a house fire call on his computer on South Orange Street.

When he arrived, Deputy Cooper found smoke pouring from the residence and was told there were two elderly men, one of them blind, still inside.

Sebring, Fla. -- The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help finding a missing endangered adult, 28-year-old Megan Oliver-Parker.

Parker was last seen leaving her home, at 5321 Riverview Dr. in Sebring, on Feb. 14 in a grey 2002 Ford Mustang with Florida tag 033 HHU. 

The vehicle was found abandoned in the I-75 corridor near Macon, Georgia. According to the sheriff's office, in the past Parker has taken trips to the Nashville, Tennessee area.

Avon Park, Fla. -- An Avon Park man was arrested Sunday night after a hit and run accident that left a man in serious condition Sunday night.

According to the FHP report, around 11:30 p.m., 32-year-old Brandon Christian was heading driving east on SR 64 near Arbuckle Road in a Toyota Corolla when he hit 63-year-old Gary Dunford while he was walking west along SR64. Deputies say they are not sure if Dunford was walking on the road or along the edge when he was hit.