Longtime Ohio newspaperman Tom Niehaus of New Richmond was sworn in Monday, Jan. 3 as president of the Ohio Senate. Senator Niehaus represents the 14th Senate District of Ohio, including Adams, Brown, Clermont, Scioto and a portion of Lawrence County.

'People need to start paying attention and realizing that their children, their nieces and nephews, their grandchildren are being exposed. It’s never happened to previous generations like it has in the last five years. All these people are getting exposed to it. If we can get hundreds of eyes out there, maybe we can make it a little harder to spread.'

The North Adams Green Devils fell to the Manchester Greyhounds, 87-49, Thursday, Dec. 30 in the annual McDonald's Holiday Classic. Travis Combs led Manchester with 30 points, including five 3-pointers.

“Some departments met their bottom line, but when their budgets came back, there were changes in salaries and wages. We, as a board, are not endorsing increases in salaries and wages. If you decide to increase salaries, it will not be endorsed by this board."

COLUMBUS -The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has awarded Highland County, and the village of Lynchburg, funds to help improve their environment through litter prevention and beautification volunteer efforts.

Representing four different areas of government, four officials took their oaths of office Thursday night at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro, to represent Highland County constituents.
 Republicans Jeremy Shaffer, Highland County Commissioner; Cliff Rosenberger, Ohio's 86th House District Representative; David Daniels, Ohio's 17th District Senator; and Bill Fawley, Highland County Auditor, were each elected during the Nov. 2 general election.

US Bank of Hillsboro recently presented a check for $1,000 to the Highland County Homeless Shelter. Receiving the check from US Bank¹s Nicole Cory is Homeless Shelter Director Mike Ballentine.

The people of Ohio will celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Ohio Statehouse throughout 2011. The Ohio Statehouse has served as the heart of Ohio democracy for the last 150 years. Throughout the state, the Ohio Statehouse stands as a symbol of the legislative and executive branches of state government, and the people of Ohio.