Four area banks are sponsoring the 2025 Festival of the Bells, set for July 10-12 at the Highland County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. Festival Committee President Tom Zile and Treasurer Jodi Murarescu recently accepted checks from longtime sponsors Merchants National Bank, NCB and First State Bank,…

Merchants National Bank recently gave a generous donation to Altrusa International of Highland County to support their literacy projects in the community.  Currently, Altrusa provides a book for each student in grades K-5 countywide, books for campers at KAMP Dovetail, plus donations of reading…

Six Highland County baseball players were recently selected to the 2025 Prep Baseball Report All-State team. The players for Highland County were from Lynchburg-Clay: Cole Wells, Josiah Burns, Braedon West and Quin Wells, all in Division V. In Division VII, the three Highland County players chosen…

By Angela Shepherd GEVS On the last Friday of June, the McClain Cadet Corps Color Guard presented the colors, or flags, prior to the Cincinnati Reds matchup with the San Diego Padres. It’s something the McClain Cadet Corps Color Guard is no stranger to doing at the Great American Ball Park.  The…

Mayor Justin Harsha today announced the upcoming transition in the City of Hillsboro’s Safety and Service Director position, expressing his deep gratitude to outgoing Director Brianne Abbott for her dedicated service and leadership. Abbott will conclude her tenure on Sept. 12, 2025, after serving…

The 2025 Ohio State Fair is slated for July 23 to Aug. 3 at the state fairgrounds at East 17th Avenue, Columbus.  The fair will bring plenty of events, entertainers and food to keep the whole family busy for the day.  The state fair has been going on since 1850 and draws in crowds from all over…

By Sarah Roderick-Fitch The Center Square  President Donald Trump used an Independence Day celebration at the White House to sign his ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Trump and Republican congressional members delivered on the president’s July 4th deadline for the bill. The bill signing was preceded by a…

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton and David Daniels voted to implement a new tax assessment on the county’s two hospitals, opening the opportunity for those facilities to recoup funds with no revenue impact on the county, during their Wednesday, July 2 meeting. Commission president Brad…

By Hans Zeiger  Real Clear Wire As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday – a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America. The Declaration stands as a civic covenant binding…