• Headlines 18 July 2010

    Cordray secures record settlement with AIG for Ohio

    Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has announced a $725 million securities class action settlement against international insurance and financial services organization American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and certain individual directors and officers. The settlement resolves allegations of AIG's wide-ranging fraud from October 1999 to April 2005 involving anti-competitive market division, accounting violations and stock price manipulation, and brings total expected recovery for AIG shareholders to over $1 billion. The settlement is subject to court approval.
  • Headlines 16 July 2010
    County blasts city over contract notice
    Highland County commissioners submitted a curt response this week to Hillsboro Safety and Service Director Ralph Holt, following the city’s decision to end a maintenance agreement on the county sheriff’s computer network system. Commissioners said they received only 12 hours’ notice from the city on the contract termination.
  • Headlines 14 July 2010
    Early action can save a life - learn CPR
    Summer is here and as you are packing up and heading outdoors for your family reunions, vacations and camping adventures have you considered what you would do if a loved one needed help in the event of an emergency? Early action can save a life! Less than 5 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive because the vast majority of those witnessing the arrest are people who do not know how to perform CPR.
  • Headlines 12 July 2010
    Kerry Jean Friend: Her faith and journey renewed a congregation
    Kerry Jean is leaving North Carolina and heading back to her hometown in Leesburg, Ohio to a Columbus area job which will allow her to be closer to the family who was so supportive during her illness. She is grateful for the opportunity to spend a little more time with the youths and congregation in North Carolina who have come to mean so much to her.
  • Headlines 12 July 2010
    Community health partners receive grants
    The Adena Health Foundation has awarded seven grants to organizations in Fayette, Highland, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Ross and Vinton counties.
  • Headlines 9 July 2010
    Greenfield gears up for Wheels of Progress
    The Greenfield Rotary Club Wheels of Progress festival will roll into town July 16-18 and organizers say the annual event will feature something for every member of the family. The three-day event will have a host of games, music, food, a pageant, and multiple parades.
  • Headlines 8 July 2010
    Brown announces more than $24 million for Cincinnati streetcar
    U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced $24,990,000 to the city of Cincinnati for the creation of a streetcar line. The funding is distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Urban Circulator Grant Program, according to a news release from Brown's office.
  • Headlines 8 July 2010
    Director of accreditation joins Adena Health System
    Brenda Hale, RN, MSN, has been named the Director of Accreditation at Adena Health System, a newly created position in Adena’s Department of Quality.
  • Headlines 6 July 2010
    Bicyclists to ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati for American Cancer Society
    Cincinnati and southwest Ohio will be the destination for more than 350 bicyclists on Aug. 1 as they finish their journey from Cleveland in the American Cancer Society's Pan Ohio Hope Ride.
  • Headlines 6 July 2010
    OFBF: Agreement validates Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board
    The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF http://ofbf.org/) has announced its support for the agreement announced between the Ohioans for Livestock Care coalition and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The agreement validates Ohio voters’ decision last fall to pass State Issue 2, which established the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board as the appropriate venue for defining acceptable farm animal care practices, the OFBF said.
  • Headlines 5 July 2010
    Poll shows Kasich ahead of Strickland
    Former Ohio congressman John Kasich holds a 7-point edge over Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in the Buckeye State's gubernatorial race, according to a recent poll.
  • Headlines 2 July 2010
    Court action possible between county and Hangar 6
    The ongoing property tax dispute between the Highland County commissioners and the legal counsel for Hangar 6, a business located at the Highland County Airport, appears no closer to being resolved after commissioners received a letter this week from the business’ legal counsel.
  • Headlines 29 June 2010
    Report: Auction for Brown Publishing papers set for July 19
    "The opening bid of $15.9 million will come from a group including Roy Brown, the president and chief executive officer, of Brown Publishing," Bloomberg reported. "Other bids are due initially by July 16. The hearing for approval of the sale will take place July 22."
  • Headlines 28 June 2010
    U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd dies at 92
    Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-West Virginia,  died at 3 a.m. Monday, June 28, 2010 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, his office announced. He was 92. Byrd was the longest-serving member of Congress in history.
  • Headlines 27 June 2010
    U.S. Senate candidate Eric Gregory discusses campaign issues
    Eric LaMont Gregory, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, was in Hillsboro June 25 to discuss issues related to the campaign. Gregory, 61, is one of several candidates seeking to garner votes against the two perceived front-runners, former Congress Rob Portman, a Terrace Park Republican, and Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, a Cleveland Democrat.
  • Headlines 25 June 2010
    Strickland appoints two to SSCC board
    Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s office has announced two appointments this week to the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees. According to Amanda Wurst, Strickland’s press secretary, Strickland has appointed Michelle Cimis, of Hillsboro, and Leilani Popp, of Wilmington, to the board.
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