The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board and the Ross County Juvenile Court in conjunction with Family and Children First Councils in Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and Ross counties are collaborating on an anti-bullying project.

Amber Latham from Peebles High School has won a National Athleadership Grant, sponsored by NCSA Athletic Recruiting and the NFLPA.

Four Laurel Oaks students were honored by their teachers and peers as Students of the Month for December 2012.

The Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education will meet in regular session Monday, Jan. 14 at the Hillsboro Board of Education Office, 39 Willettsville Pike. The budget hearing will be at 6 p.m., with the organizational hearing at 6:30 p.m. Directly following will be the regular board meeting.

The following Highland County residents, listed by community, have been named to the Fall 2012 Dean’s List at Chatfield College in St. Martin, Ohio.

The 2013 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet kicks off the annual Shawnee State University’s Homecoming weekend at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan 18 in the Sodexo Ballroom.

Congratulations to these Whiteoak Jr./Sr. High Students of the Month for January. Students of the Month include: 7th grade, Hannah Maynard; 8th grade, Angela Russell; 9th grade, Morgan Knoblauch; 10th grade, Cody Feck; 11th grade, Morgan Campbell; and 12th grade, Daniel Miller.

Brandon J. Wilson, the son of Mark and Alice Wilson of Hillsboro, has been named to the Ohio Northern University dean's list for the fall semester 2012-13.

Far, far away in a kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre – not a handsome prince – shows up to rescue a feisty princess. The action takes place on stage at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31 when Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) and the Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association (SOPAA) present “Shrek The Musical.”

Fifth grader Kyler Emery was named the 2012-2013 Spelling Bee winner at Bright Elementary.

Auditions for SSCC Theatre’s upcoming production of Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a Tenor” will be held 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in the Edward K. Daniels Auditorium on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. Auditions are open to community members and students.

Thirty-two graduates of Southern State Community College's Associate Degree Nursing program were recognized Dec. 14 during a pinning ceremony at the college's Central Campus in Hillsboro.

Lynchburg-Clay High School students participated in a fund drive for Operation Christmas Child that would help needy families by providing toys and happiness to small children around the world.

Nearly 100 students and 50 family members showed up for Shawnee State University’s Pre-Med Day in December.

The organizational and regular meeting of the Southern Hills Joint Vocational School District will be Monday, January 14, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. at the Southern Hills JVSD board office, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown, OH 45121.