"In the past five years alone, our national debt has increased $4.8 trillion, or 15 percent per year. Nearly a third of that debt was accumulated in the past three years and can be directly attributed to deficit spending and the unsustainable growth of our entitlement programs."

Congressman Mike Turner has announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Self-Sufficiency Program has awarded a $65,000 grant to the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority. The funds will aid low income families as they seek to gain financial independence and purchase their own home.

“At a time when our nation’s unemployment remains stubbornly high, the Administration should be working to level the playing field for American workers, farmers and businesses, including taking stronger measures to stop China currency manipulation which unfairly increases the cost of our exports to China and decreases the costs of their exports to the United States,” Sen. Portman said.

In 2010, approximately 31 different black bears were confirmed in the Buckeye State according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. While the population of Ohio’s largest mammal, a state endangered species, may not exactly increase in 2011, sightings of the burly creatures are expected to rise in the summer months.

Members of VFW Post 9094 and the Highland County Board of Commissioners broke ground Monday for the new veterans memorial on the lawn of the Highland County Courthouse.
  Commissioner Tom Horst welcomed the crowd of people to the groundbreaking, located on the southwest corner of the property. when completed, the memorial will face East Main Street.

The Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities will hold a special meeting Tuesday, May 31 at 6 p.m. at the Hi-TEC building (Job and Family Services) on High Street in Hillsboro.

The VFW and local veterans will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Highland County Veterans Memorial Monday, May 30.

Highland County Press columnist and 700 WLW Radio talk show host Eric “The Bulldog” Deters will be the guest speaker at the Monday, Aug. 1 meeting of the Highland County TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party at the Colony Theatre in uptown Hillsboro, said Highland County TEA Party President Ken Ludwick.

Highland County has been placed on a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service. 

The watch was put into effect at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday and will be in effect until 9 p.m. Highland County is also under a hazardous weather outlook alert. Repeated thunderstorms occurring also create the potential for flooding, according to the NWS website. 

ADAMS COUNTY - An Adams County child has died after being pulled from a stream, located in an Amish community.
 According to WLWT News 5, "Deputies said 4-year-old Mahlon Yutzey had disappeared from a home at 6005 Unity Road shortly before noon. His mother went searching for him and found him facedown in a stream."