Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports for the week of June 1-7, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office received 351 911 calls, answered 173 requests for service, dispatched 135 fire and EMS runs, took 36 offense reports and investigated six traffic crashes.

Nearly 6,000 Highland County homes and businesses lost power Saturday, June 6, as AEP reported a major outage.

In an aggressive move designed to help protect Ohio’s $2.3 billion poultry industry from the avian flu that has so negatively impacted other poultry-producing states, the Ohio Department of Agriculture has canceled all live bird exhibitions this year.

Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports for the week of May 25-31, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office received 413 911 calls, answered 183 requests for service, dispatched 124 fire and EMS runs, took 34 offense reports and investigated four traffic crashes.

The Highland District Hospital Foundation’s fourth-annual golf tournament will be held Saturday, June 20 at the Elks golf course in Hillsboro.

Volunteers were busy Thursday morning setting up the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Tribute, “The Wall,” at Liberty Park. The Wall will be at Liberty Park off North High Street (U.S. 62) in Hillsboro from May 27-31.