Independent candidate Kim McGuire-Haines has filed to run against Republican Highland County Prosecutor Anneka Collins in the November General Election.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has certified the petition for the proposed Ohio Clean Energy Initiative amendment to the Ohio Constitution.

The Adena Medical Center has been accredited as a Heart Attack Receiving Center by the American Heart Association’s “Mission: Lifeline.”

The Hillsboro City Council Street and Safety Committee, with chairman Brian Waller, and the Hillsboro Finance Committee, with chairman Peter Pence will hold a combined meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at 204 North East Street, in the Hillsboro Fire Station meeting room.

With the planned construction of two new campuses and a fall conversion from quarters to semesters, Southern State Community College is entering a new era of providing quality higher education, and is developing a new look to reflect all the coming changes.

The 2001-02 Ohio Div. IV Final Four Whiteoak Wildcats team members met this past weekend in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of their championship season.

The Marshall Township Trustees will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at the Marshall Fire Station. There will be discussion of fire, EMA and EMS services. The meeting is open to the public.

Two popular singer-songwriters will kick off the 2012 concert season at the Fling Barn on Saturday evening, March 3. Dr. Bill Fling welcomes Brian Keith Wallen and Jim Hendricks, who will bring a bit of blues and folk music to the popular venue located at 8205 West Berrysville Road, just south of Hillsboro off Route 247.

Two popular singer-songwriters will kick off the 2012 concert season at the Fling Barn on Saturday evening, March 3. Dr. Bill Fling welcomes Brian Keith Wallen and Jim Hendricks, who will bring a bit of blues and folk music to the popular venue located at 8205 West Berrysville Road, just south of Hillsboro off Route 247.

The following are the Greenfield Police Reports for Feb. 1-7.

The Highland County District Library and the African-American Awareness Research Council hosted the 2012 Black History Month program Feb. 18, honoring the Rev. Hurd Latimer and the late Charles E. Cole.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has launched a new web-based tool that will make it easier to track whether recipients of Ohio Works First cash assistance are meeting their work requirements.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Feb. 14-18.

Voters First Ohio has introduced a statewide ballot initiative that would establish the Ohio Independent Redistricting Commission, beginning with the 2014 election. Voters First Ohio is a coalition led by the League of Women Voters of Ohio, with partners Common Cause/Ohio, ProgressOhio and other "dedicated Ohioans."

Ohio lawmaker Cliff Rosenberger is seeking the appointment to the recently vacated 17th Senate District seat in the Ohio General Assembly. Rosenberger, a Clarksville Republican, is currently serving his first term at the Ohio House of Representatives. He represents the 86th House District, which includes Clinton, Highland and Pike counties.