Things got back to normal for the Fairfield Lions Tuesday night at Grandle Gymnasium. Headed into the Southern Hills League contest winless on the year, all of that was tossed aside after 32 minutes of basketball with the Lions gaining win No. 1 of the year, defeating the Fayetteville Rockets, 65-51.

The 2011 Reds Caravan, presented by CincinnatiUSA.com, kicks off Thursday, Jan. 27 and is scheduled to make 15 fan stops in four states covering more than 2,600 miles over four days.

Shawnee State University in cooperation with OSU South Centers and Ohio University-Chillicothe will be sponsoring a seminar presented by Personnel Development Strategies called ”Managing Employees to Greater Success…and Having Fun in the Process.”

Governor-elect John Kasich has appointed Gary Mohr as Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections (ODR&C).

Pamela Kay Cowman, 42, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at her sister's home in Greenfield.

I want to thank the people of Highland County for giving me the chance to work for them. I have worked with the Highland County Extension office for over 23 years and I couldn’t have asked to have had a better career.

Hillsboro Elementary School needs your help for the 2010/11 school year!! Hillsboro Primary and Early Childhood Center is a Project MORE school, which uses community mentors to help children learn to read.  Volunteers can be business people, senior citizens, junior/high school students, parents, etc.

Southern State Community College has released its president’s and dean’s lists for academic excellence for fall quarter 2010. To be eligible for the president’s list, a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average while carrying a minimum of 12 academic credit hours. Those who achieve the dean’s list are also full-time students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0.