Targeting major transportation projects that will have a significant impact throughout the state and Midwest region, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is submitting nine applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program.

Judge Mary Jane Trapp has announced her candidacy for Ohio Supreme Court. Trapp will be running for the seat currently held by Judge Judy Lanzinger. The announcement took place this week at the Ladies’ Gallery of the Statehouse.

Hillsboro City Council passed a resolution for the design and construction for an Environmental Infrastructure Improvements Project at the Sept. 14 council meeting held at the Highland County Justice Center.

Number two in the nation.  That was the result of a recent report published in the May issue of Modern Healthcare that named Adena Greenfield Medical Center (AGMC) the second most profitable critical-access hospital in the United States.

A local teenager has gotten the chance of the lifetime – the opportunity to serve an Ohio congressman as a page in Washington, D.C.

We remember.

Several residents spoke out Wednesday night in favor of maintaining the former Hillsboro High School/Middle School building on West Main Street; but in the end, no amount of public debate could change the building’s fate.

Several residents spoke out Wednesday night in favor of maintaining the former Hillsboro High School/Middle School building on West Main Street; but in the end, no amount of public debate could change the building’s fate.

During the recent grand opening of Southern State Community College’s new Fayette Campus expansion, President Sherry Stout announced that along with the physical growth of campus facilities, the college is also experiencing an unprecedented growth in enrollment.

The Highland County Democratic Party welcomes Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as guest speaker at their fall dinner on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. at the Ponderosa Banquet Center on South High Street in Hillsboro.

Highland County will see benefits beginning this week from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s contracts across the state for projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as work begins on the next stimulus-funded project in District 9.

Local farm owner John Hagan’s second book, “A Long Farewell,” will be
published this week by Goose River Press.

The Highland County Board of Elections has certified the following candidates and issues for the Nov. 3  general election:

WILMINGTON - CMH Regional Health System (CMH) has recently announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Choo as the new chief medical officer and vice president of operations.

The Highland County Sheriff's Office has made two arrests related to the possession of methamphetamine.