The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet beginning 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, through 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Murphin Ridge Inn, 750 Murphin Ridge Road, West Union.

As part of the Ohio Department of Transportation – District 9’s Planning & Engineering Department, the Environmental Office is seeking public input on the following proposed projects.

Across the entire 1,142-square-mile watershed located in south Central Ohio, 70 percent of the sites Ohio EPA studied in 2006 for biological health and recreation use fully met aquatic life use goals; however, nearly half of the 117-mile-long river‚s mainstem is only partially meeting goals for aquatic life and only 40 percent met recreation use goals due to bacterial impairment. The watershed includes tributaries in parts of Fayette, Highland, Ross, Clark, Clinton, Madison, Pike, Pickaway and Greene counties.

The Highland County Board of Elections will be closing for the Ohio Secretary of State conference.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney today announced the support of Ohio Congressman Mike Turner.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Jan. 15-16.

Two men have been charged with criminal trespassing after an alert citizen called 911 to report two subjects who allegedly attempted to break in to Georgia's Bridal Shop on North High Street in Hillsboro.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has certified delegates for presidential candidates to appear on the March Primary ballot in Ohio.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Jan. 12-15, 2012.

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt has been endorsed for re-election by the Buckeye Firearms Association, which describes itself as a grassroots political action committee dedicated to defending and advancing the right of Ohio citizens to own and use firearms for all legal activities, including self-defense and hunting.

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and Attorney General Mike DeWine have announced that the state of Ohio will ask the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a decision by lower federal courts that indefinitely postponed the execution of Charles Lorraine.

Rep. Ron Maag, who represents the 35th House District, which includes parts of Warren and Hamilton counties, said that Ohio's Interstate highways ought to be consistent with the Ohio Turnpike – in northern Ohio – which has increased its speed limit to 70 mph.

Second District Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Loveland Republican, has filed an amended personal financial release with House Ethics Committee Chairman Jo Bonner to reflect gifts totaling $439,109 from the Turkish Coalition of America.

With intermittent periods of light snow still moving through the northern part of District 9, routes are lightly snow covered in most of the area, with slightly more accumulation in Ross and Highland counties.