Lewis Financial Group, LLC, has announced its acquisition of the Bill Ryan Insurance Company, effective Feb. 1.

Highland District Hospital’s Laboratory Services has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.

Guest speaker Mary Ayres will present “Choose to Live” 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, Sardinia.

The Ohio Democratic Party has announced that clerk of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Maryellen O'Shaughnessy has launched her campaign for Secretary of State and will make a formal announcement within the next 10 days. O'Shaughnessy's campaign for Secretary of State is strongly supported by Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern and Governor Ted Strickland.

Greenfield received a $180,550 ARRA subsidy to combine with an equal low-interest loan totaling $361,100 to replace defective manholes and eliminate sewer overflows into Paint Creek in the Scioto River basin.

Dale Ison's "Hero Truck" was one of the most popular vehicles on display this past weekend at the World of Wheels at the Abilene, Texas Civic Center.

The Ohio Division of Wildlife held the official scoring session for the Stephens Buck, shot in Highland County on Nov. 30 by Clayton, Ohio resident Brian Stephens. The non-typical rack measured 250 1/8 inches gross, 232 5/8 inches net.

The Hillsboro City Council Safety Committee plans to recommend to the full council not to impose fees for local fire inspections, as previously announced by the fire department.

The Hillsboro City Council Safety Committee plans to recommend to the full council not to impose fees for local fire inspections, as previously announced by the fire department.

The Ohio Senate yesterday unanimously approved Senate Bill 155, bipartisan legislation sponsored by State Senator John C

The Office of Healthy Ohio (OHO) will soon recognize 22 Ohio businesses for healthy worksite practices, including Adena Health System, one of only five employee worksites across the state to earn a Gold Award. In addition to the award from the state, Adena also recently received "gold" recognition by the American Heart Association as a "Fit Friendly Company."

The annual meeting of the Greenfield Area Christian Center will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, at the new home of the New Directions Youth Ministry located at 251 Jefferson Street.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will visit Glatfelter in Chillicothe and Shawnee State University in Portsmouth to discuss advanced energy and job training Monday, Feb.1.

Lindsey Grimes, of Hillsboro has been selected to receive a $1,500 academic scholarship to The Ohio State University. Sponsored by the Robert A. and Dorothy M. Hodson Family 4-H Scholarship Endowment Fund, the scholarship is awarded to one undergraduate student each year in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who attended high school in Highland County and completed at least one year of 4-H membership.