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Headlines 8 December 2025

DeWine orders flags lowered in honor of Lt. James 'Bryan' White

In honor of the life and service of Lieutenant James “Bryan” White of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Madison and Clark counties and at all Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation facilities on December 9.

Headlines 8 December 2025

Community Improvement Corporation of Highland County to meet Dec. 10

The Community Improvement Corporation of Highland County will meet Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 129 North High Street, Hillsboro.

Headlines 7 December 2025

Michigan man acquitted in Whitmer kidnapping plot is gearing up to run for governor

William Null of Shelbyville is the latest candidate to signal their interest in seeking the Republican nomination for governor in 2026, despite his history of being implicated in the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Headlines 7 December 2025

Cincinnati Children’s to offer dedicated helicopter transport service for patients

Cincinnati Children’s will begin using a dedicated helicopter transport service to help kids with critical health needs access one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals.

Headlines 7 December 2025

Cleveland Fed: Businesses report increasing prices, declining activity

Businesses in Ohio and surrounding states are seeing rising prices and declining activity in several sectors, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reported late last month. Some of that is attributable to massive import taxes imposed by President Donald Trump, the businesses said.

Headlines 6 December 2025

In last four years, five northern states saw most illegal crossings

Under the Biden administration, the greatest number of illegal border crossers at the U.S.-Canada border were reported in U.S. history, breaking records nearly every month for four years, The Center Square first reported.

Headlines 5 December 2025

Planning Commission meeting canceled

The Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. at 130 North High Street has been canceled due to no new business to be discussed and will not be rescheduled.

Headlines 5 December 2025

U.S. House passes Kennedy bill to reform outdated Foundation of the Federal Bar Association charter

“Senator Kennedy’s bill allows the Federal Bar Association to run more efficiently and helps the organization continue to provide civics education programs to classrooms across the country. We were proud to support it and appreciate the Senator’s great work,” said Rep. Jim Jordan.

Headlines 5 December 2025

Highland County Sheriff's Report

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

Headlines 4 December 2025

Removals from inside US outnumber border deportations for the first time since 2014

The Trump administration now expects about 600,000 total deportations in 2025, fewer than under the Biden administration’s final fiscal year, as a drop in border crossings outweighs the effect of increased deportations elsewhere, according to a report released Oct. 30 by the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.

Headlines 4 December 2025

Governor DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative now covers more than half of the cropland acres in northwest Ohio

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Director Brian Baldridge announced the highest acreage of farmland enrollment in H2Ohio to date.

Headlines 4 December 2025

CalPERS defends $144M, taxpayer-backed Bitcoin bet as stock craters 44%

Even though CalPERS manages $589.5 billion in assets, it is only able to fund 82% of expected liabilities, leaving the fund with an over $100 billion pension deficit that is backstopped by taxpayers. Public finance experts warn that this funding shortfall leaves little room for the volatility of cryptocurrency-related investments.

Headlines 3 December 2025

A new face of lung cancer is emerging: young, non-smoking women

In the past, lung cancer has been tied to older, male adults who are smokers. Lung cancer is no longer defined by those labels and the new face of lung cancer may surprise you.

Headlines 3 December 2025

Judge drops James Comey and Letitia James charges, saying prosecutor served ‘unlawfully’

A senior federal judge dismissed charges last week against two public officials with long-running public disputes with President Donald Trump, saying the controversial appointment of the president’s former personal attorney as a prosecutor doomed the cases.

Headlines 3 December 2025

ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters this year; it’s a new record

It was Friday, June 6, and the rent was due. As soon as she finished an errand, Imelda Carreto planned on joining her family as they gathered scrap metal to earn a little extra cash. Her fiancé, Julio Matias, and 15-year-old nephew, Carlos, had set out early, hitching a trailer to the back of their beat-up gray truck.

Headlines 3 December 2025

Van Epps wins Tennessee congressional race; GOP edge in House 220-213

Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a U.S. congressional race on Tuesday drawing national attention.