The Mt. Gilead Invitational was held on Feb. 18. The McClain FFA chapter was represented at this contest in the General Livestock, Equine, Poultry and Wildlife Interpretation portions of the contest.

Members from the McClain FFA chapter competed in the district public speaking contest at Fayetteville High School on Feb. 15.

The McClain FFA chapter competed in the Agricultural Communications contest on Feb. 11.

Edwin "Ed" Newman III soloed in a single-engine aircraft on Feb. 6.

Sharon Burns, associate professor of English at UC Clermont, has been honored with the college’s 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

On Feb. 7, four members of the Hillsboro FFA Chapter went to Leesburg for the subdistrict public speaking contest. These four members included Grant Crum, Lana Grover, Loraleigh Mahan and Joe Helterbrand.

Members from the McClain FFA chapter competed in the subdistrict public speaking contest at Fairfield High School on Feb. 8.

The Southern Ohio Educational Service Center (SOESC) held its organizational meeting Jan. 24 at the SOESC Wilmington Office.

The Hillsboro FFA would like to thank Mrs. Joanie Grimes of ICAP Marketing, through their dealership with Monsanto, for their donation of $750.

Lynchburg-Clay High School honored their 2017 homecoming court on Friday, Feb. 3.

Fairfield High School honored their 2017 homecoming court on Friday, Feb. 3.

As part of the Right to Read Week activities taking place this week at Hillsboro Elementary, fifth grade students read to kindergarten students on Wednesday.

Whiteoak High School honored their 2017 homecoming court on Friday, Jan. 27.

The Lynchburg-Clay FFA junior and senior members attended a recent Ag Reality workshop that was held at the Patriot Center on Southern State Community College’s campus.

On Jan. 19, the Hillsboro FFA held their first meeting of the new year.