Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District and the Southern Highland Joint Fire District responded to this chimney fire at a Millers Chapel Road residence late Wednesday evening and into the early morning hours Thursday.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and the Ranking Member on the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, fought for Ohio’s military men and women while also balancing the need for a strong national defense plan that is fiscally responsible during the Senate’s passage of the Department of Defense (DoD) Authorization for 2013.

Rome Jewelers, 119 West Main Street, Hillsboro is owned and operated by Joe and Janine Sodini.

A year after ordering a state agency to compensate landowners for “taking” their property, the Ohio Supreme Court this week will ask attorneys for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) why it hasn’t complied.

Representatives from Wright State University (WSU) and Southern State Community College will be on hand to meet with anyone interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Nov. 30 - Dec. 1.

The Hillsboro Police Department is investigating a meth lab operation in the basement of a residence at 705 North High Street.

Attention all HealthSource Hillsboro patients, please note that HealthSource of Ohio’s Hillsboro Health Center has canceled the move this weekend to its new office located at 1108 North View due to network issues. 

In the last of a series of three reports, the inspector general has issued a report of investigation finding the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Office of Workforce Development failed to adequately oversee a $1 million federal grant applied to the Constructing Futures jobs training initiative for southwest Ohio.

On Monday, Nov. 26, the city of Hillsboro and Mayor Drew Hastings announced that additional staffing cuts will be forced upon the Hillsboro Fire Department (HFD). This elimination of firefighters would force the HFD to have only two firefighters on duty per day. This action will jeopardize the safety of the citizens of Hillsboro by decimating an effective firefighting response.

With the official start of winter just around the corner, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been hard at work readying its snow-fighting equipment and its 3,000 snowplow drivers for the upcoming snow and ice season.

Four Brown and Adams County residents have been arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of heroin.

The Highland County Deerhunters chapter of Whitetails Unlimited hosted the fourth annual Youth Hunter Appreciation Day at Holtfield Station on Nov. 18.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two-vehicle serious injury traffic crash. The crash occurred on Nov. 27 at approximately 12:49 p.m. on U.S. 68 in Scott Township, Brown County.

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Butler has been selected 2012 Trooper of the Year at the Georgetown Post.