A Hillsboro man indicted on three counts of rape and a Greenfield man charged with three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor were among the nine individuals indicted by a Highland County grand jury in their April 1 session.

Students at Rio Grande Community College, Hocking College, Ohio University, Shawnee State University, Southern State Community College and six regional career centers will soon be able to train on state-of-the-art equipment and boost their job preparedness thanks to the approval of $8 million in the latest round of Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) grants.

The annual community service day for McClain High School is approaching, and student organizers presented a little about what MHS Day means during the March 31 board of education meeting.

Grow Greater Greenfield (G3) and Y-Gradale are excited to announce Tunes & Stews, a community fundraising event set to take place on Saturday, April 5 from 5-7:30 p.m. at the McClain High School cafetorium.

Hillsboro High School Robotics team competed at the Ohio VEX robotics State Championship recently. High School team 45133J, the Chicken Tender Defenders, were division winners and state runners-up, earning a spot at the VEX Worlds competition in Dallas, Texas. 

With early voting set to begin in just one week, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is reminding voters of important dates and deadlines for the upcoming May 6 primary election.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine this week signed House Bill 54, the state’s $11 billion two-year transportation budget. The budget, which goes into effect on July 1, includes funding for critical transportation infrastructure projects across the state.

More than a dozen orders from President Donald Trump – more than in the entire time Joe Biden, Barack Obama and George W. Bush served as presidents – have been thwarted or attempted to be blocked.

The Trump administration this week turned the heat up on Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, targeting its money laundering operation and financiers.

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Fayette County near Jeffersonville. This tornado occurred during the evening of March 30.

Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed the Department of Justice to dismiss its claims in In Re Georgia Senate Bill 202, a Biden-era lawsuit that falsely accused Georgia of intentionally suppressing Black voters’ votes.

U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on LGBT issues, the kind of funding now under scrutiny by the Trump administration.

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

Every year, March is designated Women’s History Month, by presidential proclamation, to highlight contributions of women in history and society. The Highland County Republican Women’s Club at their March meeting honored two women, each of whom have made significant leadership and education impacts in our county.

Among her many firsts, Florence Allen was the first woman in the United States to serve as a state Supreme Court justice, and it was here in the state of Ohio.