Each year in commemoration of Veterans Day, staff and students throughout the Greenfield Exempted Village School District honor veterans through a number of activities, which include an assembly, performances, and art.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine this week visited Piketon Jr/Sr High School to celebrate the grand opening of the Scioto Valley School District's new school-based health clinic.

Wilmington College has named Mark C. Volpatti as the institution’s next chief financial officer/vice president for business affairs. A seasoned higher education finance and operations professional, he most recently has served as the senior vice president for finance and administration, chief financial officer and treasurer at Valparaiso (Ind.) University.

The next Bright Local Schools Board Meeting will be November 12, 2025, meeting time 6:00, at Whiteoak High School.

The National FFA Organization has announced the winners of its 2025 top achievement awards: American Star Farmer, American Star in Agribusiness, American Star in Agricultural Placement and American Star in Agriscience. Winners were announced on the stage of Lucas Oil Stadium during the sixth General Session of the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis on Friday, Oct. 31.

Ohio schools would be required to teach students to graduate high school, get a job and get married — in that order — before having a baby, according to a bill the Ohio Senate passed last month.

Southern State Community College will hold a 5-week Fiber Optic course, designed for individuals of all skill levels, that will equip students with the essential skills needed to pursue a career in the rapidly growing field of fiber optics.

The National FFA Organization has announced the 2025 National FFA Agriscience Fair winners for Animal Systems and Food Processing. The winners were recognized during the third session of the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo.

More than 30 recruiters from business, industry, law enforcement, agriculture and nonprofit organizations seeking potential employees and interns converged at Wilmington College for its annual Fall Career Fair last Tuesday (Oct. 28). The event introduced WC students to potential future employers, as well as opportunities for internships and graduate studies.

A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill.

Hillsboro High School’s October students of the month are as follows.

Proud to help serve the community and protect the environment, Fairfield FFA recently spent the afternoon of Oct. 8 cleaning up state Route 771, our adopted highway. 

Ohio, one of a handful of states without comprehensive sex education taught in schools, has a higher teen birth rate than the national average.

Wilmington College’s new Buren Center for Business was described as “a hub of opportunity” at Friday’s (Oct. 17) ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility that serves both as home for the Business, Accounting and Economics Department and as another campus meeting space for public gatherings.

The future that the Trump administration envisions for public schools is more patriotic, more Christian and less “woke.” Want to know how that might play out? Look to Oklahoma.