Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Terry Britton and Brad Roades reviewed the year-to-date permissive sales tax receipt report at their April 24 meeting, as the county has topped $3.2 million in receipts on the year and is continuing to surpass expectations. Although Auditor Alex Butler…

On Monday, April 15, the Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA) recognized Ohio’s top students from across the state — including Scarlett Studebaker of Hillsboro — during the 35th Annual Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Awards Program, held at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference…

The Area 5 Soil and Water Conservation Districts held their Annual Envirothon April 23 at Camp Oyo in West Portsmouth. The competition is designed to stimulate, reinforce and enhance interest in the environment and natural resources among high school students. Each student on an Envirothon team is…

The Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission (OVRDC) is conducting a survey to inform the transportation related Regional Safety Action Plan now in development. The survey is available online for the next several weeks.  OVRDC is encouraging people to take a few minutes and submit public…

Local athletes from Inspire Training Center (ITC) earned gold, triumphing at the prestigious All Star World Championship, the world’s largest all-star cheerleading competition held in Orlando, Fla.  Among 1,663 competing teams and over 24,000 all-star athletes worldwide, ITC Team Eclipse emerged…

Hillsboro High School’s track and field program hosted an invitational Friday, April 19, with 13 different high schools — including four from Highland County — represented.   The host Hillsboro Indians won the boys event with 154.35 points, while the girls event was won by McClain with 135 points.…

By Angela Shepherd GEVS With the official groundbreaking just over a year ago, and some obstacles since then, the general contractor of the Greenfield school district’s practice field development furnished an update on the project for the board of education at its regular meeting at Rainsboro…

Hillsboro junior pitcher Camryn Spruell pitched a perfect game on Monday evening, as she and the Lady Indians defeated the visiting Miami Trace Lady Panthers, 8-0 at Hillsboro High School.  Spruell continued her dominant season with the perfect game, allowing no hits, runs or walks, and no batter…