According to national figures, the average wait time in a hospital emergency department was four hours and seven minutes in 2009, and that’s a few minutes longer than in 2008. By contrast, the average wait time for Clinton Memorial Hospital Emergency Services patients is under two hours.

An Ohio Senate panel has approved a bill to allow schools two additional calamity days for the 2010-11 academic year.

Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder will be the guest speaker at the 2011 Highland County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner on Thursday, Feb. 24 at the First United Methodist Church, 133 East Walnut St., Hillsboro.

The Cincinnati Museum Center Program-On-Wheels recently presented "Dino Dig" and "Experimenting With Physical Science" to the students at St. Mary Catholic School.

The Cincinnati Museum Center Program-On-Wheels recently presented "Dino Dig" and "Experimenting With Physical Science" to the students at St. Mary Catholic School.

Donald Alexander, 78, of Sardinia, passed away Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center.

Following the first game in which the co-SCOL champion Miami Trace was defeated by the Waverly Tigers, 59-34, it was the Hillsboro Indians, also a co-SCOL champion, who stayed alive in a physical contest with their league and cross-county rival, defeating McClain, 51-39.

Following the first game in which the co-SCOL champion Miami Trace was defeated by the Waverly Tigers, 59-34, it was the Hillsboro Indians, also a co-SCOL champion, who stayed alive in a physical contest with their league and cross-county rival, defeating McClain, 51-39.