"Caring. Close to Home" is a fitting tagline for Highland District Hospital. It seems just as fitting for a 16-year volunteer who just chalked up 1,000 volunteer hours.

Richard Harold Cox I, 76, of Hillsboro, died Friday afternoon, November 26, 2010 at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has selected state Sen. Steve Buehrer to be the new administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Buehrer has been in the Ohio Senate since 2007. He previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006.

The Hillsboro Police Department and  the Highland County Sheriff's Office responded to 142 South High Street in Hillsboro Saturday, Nov. 27 in order to locate a suspect wanted on warrants. Officers located Stanley J. Lamb, 27, of Lynchburg.

The McClain Lady Tigers continued their early season dominance Saturday evening, defeating the Manchester Lady Greyhounds, 69-35 at Paint Valley High School in the Paint Valley Lady 'Cats Classic.

The holiday season officially rolled into town Saturday, as the annual Christmas parade marched, danced and trotted through the streets of Hillsboro.
 Sponsored by the Hillsboro Uptown Business Association, the parade was just a part of the day of events around the Highland County Courthouse Square, which also included activities such as a petting zoo and straw maze, sponsored by 4-H clubs of Highland County, in the former city safety building,
 The parade, which featured area fire departments, civic groups and students, was led by grand marshal Larry Dukes.

Saturday's Girls Basketball Scores

Air Force Airman Christopher S. Smith graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Ohio's popular deer-gun season opens statewide on Monday, November 29, offering hunters a full week to harvest a whitetail. The upcoming season will again include an extra weekend of gun hunting on December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.