Highland County Commission Clerk Debbie Sansone attended her last commissioners’ meeting Jan. 11.

Yellow Springs News (ysnews.com) is reporting that Hillsboro deputy law director Laura Curliss of Wilmington has been hired as the interim manager for Yellow Springs.

On Jan. 11, the following incidents were reported to the Hillsboro Police Department.

The Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Session on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at 9 a.m. to discuss Personnel Issues in Executive Session.

The Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, in partnership with the Greater Cincinnati Health Council and several area hospitals and health care organizations, including Clinton Memorial Hospital, is one of the nation’s first recipients of a major federal contract designed to reduce hospital admissions among seniors.

The Ross County Community Action Organization has funds available to assist income eligible Ross County residents with their home heating bills. For more information, call Community Action at (740) 702-7222 and they will help you determine your eligibility.

Second District Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, was the guest speaker at the Highland County TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party Monday, Jan. 9 at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro.

Second District Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, was the guest speaker at the Highland County TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party Monday, Jan. 9 at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro.

On January 6, at 11:28 p.m.

The showdown is just the latest clash over union rights in the Midwest, where Republicans in Ohio and Wisconsin last year pushed through curbs on collective bargaining over labor protests. Voters in Ohio convincingly overturned the GOP collective-bargaining measure in November.

Secretary of State Jon Husted’s regional liaison, Jim Milliken, will be holding open office hours from 10 a.m.-noon on Friday, Jan. 20, at the Highland County District Library in Hillsboro.

Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that Dr. Han M. Yang pleaded guilty to Trafficking in Prescription Drugs, among other charges. Search warrants were executed last October on Yang's offices in Dayton and Bethel Township as part of an investigation into prescription drug abuse, medical fraud, and money laundering.

Second District Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, will be a guest speaker at the Highland County TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party meeting at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9 at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Jan. 3-4.