Four people are dead, including two students and two teachers, and nine have been hospitalized after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. that took place Wednesday morning.

Highland County and neighboring counties are among the areas affected by a natural disaster designation by the United States Department of Agriculture due to ongoing drought.

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled this week that the Lakota Local Schools Board of Education must publicly release a letter on behalf of the former school superintendent that allegedly threatened a lawsuit.

The state of Florida is suing the Biden-Harris administration to obtain information on how many illegal foreign nationals convicted of violent crimes who served time in prison were released into the U.S. instead of being deported.

ttorney General Dave Yost this week asked the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a filing by two members of the Ballot Board who lost a vote. “If the losing members of a voting board can re-litigate their loss in court, we don’t have a democracy, we have government by judiciary,” Yost said. “A multi-member body speaks through its majority vote.”  

A former top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has been arrested on federal charges accusing her of working as an agent for the Chinese Communist Party while laundering millions of dollars for China with the help of her husband.

The Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7) is currently recruiting community members to voluntarily serve on its Board of Trustees.

Hospice of Hope has recently announced the appointment of Derek (Shawn) Flaugher as the organization’s new Executive Director. Flaugher will succeed Anthony (Tony) Trovato, who is set to retire at the end of September 2024.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joined members of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group Tuesday morning to announce the group's recommendations for transformational change across Ohio's state and local juvenile justice system.

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will testify publicly before Congress for the first time regarding his pandemic response on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

In addition to the 26 states protecting blocking the Title IX revisions put in place under the Biden-Harris administration, hundreds of colleges across 48 states will do the same.

Only 10% of those surveyed in a new poll said the “American dream” of homeownership is affordable, with others citing 40-year high inflationary costs, 23-year-high interest rates, limited supply of affordable housing and earnings that have eroded because of inflation.

Southern State Community College student Marianne Price is one of 210 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2024 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. She will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Price is pursuing an Associate of Applied Science degree in Nursing.  

The 2024 Highland County Fair is underway and continues through Saturday, Sept. 7.

In a divided country where emotions are running high, voters in Georgia and elsewhere will soon take to the polls.