McClain High School graduate Tracilyn Babington has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week two weeks in a row and was chosen as the NCAA Division III National Swimmer of the Week after leading her swim team at Randolph-Macon College to a 140-122 victory against The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C

The Highland County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors held its first meeting of 2011 on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at the Hapner Law Office in Hillsboro.

State estate taxes, such as Ohio’s, slow down the economy and hamper economic growth. The 26 states without an estate tax produced twice as many new jobs and their economies grew nearly 50 percent more from 2004-2007 than the 24 states with such taxes.

McClain girls basketball for Thursday, Feb. 3 has been postponed.

I understand the fact that you run a biased, right-leaning newspaper. Perhaps you actually believe that ideology, and/or are just trying to appeal to Republicans who are the majority of Highland County.

The following are the team standings as of Feb. 2, 2011 for Lowe's Construction Mixed - Highland Lanes.

As someone said online this week, "Meet the Press" host David Gregory sounds like the whining little brat who keeps asking his parents for a cookie before supper and keeps getting the same answer. Poor boy.

Don Branson, executive director of the Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation, proposed a new $25,000 grant opportunity to Highland County Commissioners Shane Wilkin, Tom Horst and Jeremy Shaffer at the board’s Feb. 2 meeting.

The May 3 Republican primary race could decide who will be the next mayor of Hillsboro, according to the Highland County Board of Elections.
  Feb. 2 was the last day for party candidates to file for the primary election, and candidates Rod Daniels, Drew Hastings and Terry Mikkelsen each filed their petitions. Director of Elections Steve Witham said that Independent candidates have until May 2 to file.