Chairman David Lowell has announced the Hillsboro Planning Commission will meet Friday, Aug. 10 at 3 p.m.

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has confirmed four cases of H3N2 in Gallia County. Other cases of influenza H3N2 have been reported in Butler County, Clark County, Greene County and Hamilton County.

State Treasurer Josh Mandel released the Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Report today, which details ways the office was able to generate a $1.6 million surplus in the fiscal year that just ended, and highlights other efficiencies and accomplishments. 

President Barack Obama has ordered that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff in memory of the victims of the Aug. 5 shooting in Oak Creek, Wisc.

Finance committee chairman Pete Pence said that money needs to be saved and cuts need to be made wherever possible to "lessen the severity of what happens next year, and it will be severe," during the Tuesday, Aug. 7 meeting of the Hillsboro City Council finance committee at the Hillsboro Fire House Meeting Room.

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a fatal pedestrian crash on US 22, at milepost 7 just west of Mitchell Road in Clinton County. The crash occurred at approximately 10:19 p.m. Monday night.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to make a campaign stop in Chillicothe on Tuesday, Aug. 14, the Chillicothe Gazette reports.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to make a campaign stop in Chillicothe on Tuesday, Aug. 14, the Chillicothe Gazette reports.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has certified that petitioners seeking to place a redistricting reform constitutional amendment on the November ballot collected an additional 151,889 valid signatures.

Chairman Peter Pence has announced that Hillsboro City Council's Finance Committee will meet Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 5 p.m. at the Fire Department meeting room, 204 North East Street.

Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan W. Heffner has resigned. In a letter (copy below) to Debe Terhar, president of the State Board of Education, Heffner said his resignation is effective Aug. 10.

It was announced Saturday that Deputy Law Director Laura Curliss has resigned her position with the City of Hillsboro.

The "Help Wanted" sign is on at the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Trooper and OSHP Recruiter Rick Hughes told The Highland County Press this week the patrol is looking for as many as 200 new recruits in Ohio.

The Hillsboro Police Department is investigating a possible meth-making operation in the 700 block of North West Street. A news release from the HPD said officers were led to the area of North West Street and Springlake Avenue on an investigation at approximately 1:32 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3.