Worker Adjustment Retraining Notifications filed by a dozen Ohio businesses could mean a total of 1,102 private-sector job losses. According to WARN layoff notices filed from Oct. 3-Nov. 2, 2012, six companies plan layoffs of 100 or more employees.
The latest presidential poll conducted by The Columbus Dispatch shows President Barack Obama holding a 2-point edge over Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney. The Ohio poll, which was released Sunday, Nov. 4, shows Obama with 50 percent support to 48 percent for Romney.
The latest presidential poll conducted by The Columbus Dispatch shows President Barack Obama holding a 2-point edge over Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney. The Ohio poll, which was released Sunday, Nov. 4, shows Obama with 50 percent support to 48 percent for Romney.
The Greenfield Police Department arrested a man Friday after an alleged attempted breaking and entering in the 700 block of McClain Avenue. The man reportedly showed signs of being intoxicated.
The Highland County Veterans Service Commission will be holding its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. in the Highland County Veterans Service Office at 135 N. High Street, Hillsboro. The meeting is open to the public.
Bobwhite quail hunting is open in 16 counties in southern Ohio: Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Jackson, Meigs, Montgomery, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Warren. The season continues through Nov. 25.
We receive several calls weekly of animals that are skinny or thin, and its usually a case of where the animals are a few pounds underweight when I arrive to check out the complaint. It's not often I arrive to a complaint and find a dog emaciated with its ribs visible.
Grow! Highland County, the grass-roots economic development program that has been helping local entrepreneurs realize their dreams for two years, is pleased to announce its new business facilitator, Sharon Bedard.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman and Second Congressional District candidate Brad Wenstrup will be in Hillsboro at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 for a campaign stop at the Highland County Republican Party headquarters on West Main Street.
The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board met with area community members Monday, Oct. 29 at the Highland County Health Department to discuss Ohio’s opiate epidemic. This meeting was a first in Highland County and is just the beginning of a community response to drug problems.
Emergency crews were called to the scene of an early morning vehicle crash on S.R. 41 just north of Greenfield on Monday morning. At approximately 1:45 a.m., a car lost control and flipped on its top, ending up off the roadway in the ditch, in the 10000 block of Route 41 near the old End Zone bar.
A very large and dangerous Hurricane Sandy continues to move parallel to the East Coast, with a turn to the northwest expected Sunday night and early Monday. The National Weather Service said late Sunday that Sandy is expected to make landfall along the central New Jersey coast Monday evening. "The Highland County EMA office wants to remind the citizens of Highland County to prepare," EMA Director Jim Lyle said.
A very large and dangerous Hurricane Sandy continues to move parallel to the East Coast, with a turn to the northwest expected Sunday night and early Monday. The National Weather Service said late Sunday that Sandy is expected to make landfall along the central New Jersey coast Monday evening. "The Highland County EMA office wants to remind the citizens of Highland County to prepare," EMA Director Jim Lyle said.
The Greenfield Lions Club members take this challenge seriously and recently provided eye screenings to all the kindergarten pupils of the Greenfield schools with the help of third-year Ohio State University optometry students.
