Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels presented a proclamation in honor of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month during their Wednesday, March 12 meeting.

As U.S. senators are poised to vote on advancing Republicans’ six-month Continuing Resolution to keep the government open, Democrats are indirectly bashing the few members in their ranks who are considering casting a "yes" vote.

Megan Catalogna admitted to a single felony count of theft in office during a hearing this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. As part of a plea agreement, she agreed to pay $16,707.50 in restitution and audit costs, will be subject to four years of community control, and must complete 400 hours of community service.

Two major markers of inflation came in lower than expected this week despite tariffs against China and other concerns that prices would increase.

With just a day before the potential for a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., switched course Thursday night and said he would vote to approve House Republicans' Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 400 block of McArthur Way in Greenfield Thursday, March 13.

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

he Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities announces that Shawn Long, a Clinton County resident, was sentenced March 13, to up to five years of probation in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. His sentencing follows his plead of no contest to charges related to real estate investment fraud.

A program commemorating National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be held Saturday, March 29 at 11 a.m. at the Hillsboro Eagles Aerie 1161.

The explosion at a South High Street auto repair shop in Hillsboro on Nov. 28, 2023, was caused by “a rupture to a liquid propane cylinder which had been overfilled,” the Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal’s Fire and Explosion Investigations Bureau determined.

The fundraising activities for the 53rd Ernie Blankenship Memorial Radio-Telethon are underway.  

From March 14-29, food enthusiasts and community members alike are invited to embark on a delightful dining journey across participating Greenfield restaurants. 

State Reps. Monica Robb Blasdel (R-Columbiana) and Bob Peterson (R-Sabina) recently introduced legislation which works to give Ohio regulatory framework and guardrails for carbon capture and sequestration at a state level.

While Ohio Democrats and Republicans praised parts of Gov. Mike DeWine’s state of the state speech, the two parties have differing views of the governor’s child tax credit proposal. 

The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing criticism after news broke that federal employees were reportedly told to burn or shred classified documents.