The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for March 7-9, 2011.

“Dave is one of the first attorneys I became friends with. I started practicing in 1976 and we became good friends over the years,” Judge Rocky Coss said. “It’s just a shock and I’ve been sick since I heard it. We had coffee every morning for 30 years. He was one of the group over at Wanda’s Restaurant. He was a good friend to a lot of people, and he could get along with just about anybody, no matter what their background. He is going to be a big loss.”

Over a week has passed since the Whiteoak Wildcats and South Gallia have played in a basketball game, but this Thursday, at the Convocation Center, all that will change as the 'Cats and Rebels step onto the court Thursday night in Athens.

Over a week has passed since the Whiteoak Wildcats and South Gallia have played in a basketball game, but this Thursday, at the Convocation Center, all that will change as the 'Cats and Rebels step onto the court Thursday night in Athens.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2010 Census showed the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2010, was 308,745,538.
 Highland County's 2010 population was listed at 43,589.
 Ohio's population grew 1.6 percent since 2000, to 11,536,504.

The Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities has rescheduled its balloon launch.

Highland County has slipped in the rankings among the Ohio counties with the highest unemployment rates, but the jobless rate increased by more than a percent during the month of January.
 According to data released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, rates increased in 76 of the 88 counties and decreased in 12 counties.

Southern Ohio Center of Excellence’s  (SOCOE) “Your Place” for the Adult Learner Program recently received funding from United Way of Greater Cincinnati to teach the “Your Place” for the Adult Learner class at the Adams/Brown Community Action Program’s (ABCAP) Building in Georgetown.

Members of the Appalachian Artisans Guild are offering several workshops in Hillsboro on two Saturdays in April at the First Presbyterian Church. These events are in keeping with the guild's mission statement to preserve and promote the traditional skills of the Appalachian Region.