Chatfield College’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Beta Omicron Eta chapter has been named a 2022 REACH Rewards chapter by the national Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

4-H advisers and volunteers are gearing up for another 4-H year of educational projects, programming and activities for Highland County. Advisers have been already started their year by attending training and getting club meetings planned.

The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation (OSCF) and Ohio Soybean Association (OSA) are pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Governor Mike DeWine Friday announced that $25.9 million will be awarded for 136 new or expanded School-Based Health Centers throughout Ohio.

On Feb. 17, four members from the Hillsboro FFA competed in the District Ag Sales competition hosted by the Hillsboro FFA and ran by the Talawanda Butler-Tech FFA Chapter.

The Hillsboro FFA is very proud of all of these competitors for not only their awards, but the accomplishment of having the courage to face many of their fears as well.

When the first COVID-19 cases began to appear in Ohio in March 2020, Susan Morris had a choice to make: Let the pandemic choke the life out of Southern State Community College’s small Phi Theta Kappa chapter for which she was the adviser, or let it be an opportunity to make something bigger and better.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Seth Cooper’s dream of becoming a pilot started literally in the shadow of aviation pioneers — as a child playing under the Wright brothers’ statue in Carillon Park.

For Fairfield FFA, National FFA Week is a way to celebrate and take pride in our chapter.

Greenfield City Manager Todd Wilkin stopped in at McClain High School during FFA Week (Feb. 19-26) to recognize McClain FFA members with a proclamation from the village.

Speaking in front of people is one of the most nerve-wracking things anyone could do. McClain FFA members traveled to Hillsboro to compete in the district public speaking contest.

Nia Gibson of Hillsboro was named an Ohio Connections Academy (OCA) Star Student for the Month of February.

On Wednesday, Feb. 23, McClain FFA president Aly Murphy and vice president Blythe Bolender visited the Highland County Commissioners Office to attend the signing of a proclamation.

Last year, the pandemic forced Wilmington College to pivot from the long-held tradition of hosting its Aggies Judging Contest live and in-person to making the event virtual. While it attracted a record 2,111 participants in 2021, this year's 64th edition will return as an in-person competition March 2 when high school students hone their skills at agronomy and judging equine, dairy and general livestock.

McClain FFA has nothing but praise for several of their FFA members as they conquered the number-one fear in America during the sub district public speaking event at Lynchburg-Clay High School.