Highland County Press Sports Editor Stephen Forsha presented a copy of the Jan. 30 HCP to Hall of Fame Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman Friday in Chillicothe at a special media event for the 2010 Reds Caravan.

Once more I have been impressed with Bill Horne's clear, simple, factual and politically unbiased analysis a complicated situation.

Conventional wisdom suggests that owning one’s own newspaper might be best left to the professionals. After all, as Baltimore’s second-most famous journalist, H.L. Mencken, said “A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the
crazy crazier.” Then again, no one’s ever accused me of being conventional – or wise.

After delaying an initial request for a .4-mill tax levy for the Ohio State University/Highland County Extension last week, the Highland County Board of Commissioners approved a .45-mill levy for the agency for the May 4 primary election. Commissioners had agreed to hold off on an initial resolution after Extension Director Rose Fisher Merkowitz said the .4-mill levy wouldn't raise sufficient funds. On Wednesday, commissioners voted 2-0 in favor of sending the .45-mill levy to voters.

St. Mary Catholic School is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and its pupils and staff are commemorating the beginning of this landmark year by recognizing Catholic Schools Week. Hillsboro Mayor Dick Zink visited St. Mary's on Jan. 21 to present the school with a proclamation for Catholic Schools Week

A new standing procedural order regarding the release of prisoners has been placed in the Highland County Clerk of Courts Office, following an incident on Saturday, Jan. 16. An inmate at the Highland County Justice Center was released after an own recognizance bond was signed by Highland County Clerk of Courts Paulette Donley, rather than by a judge, prompting Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss to issue the standing order.

The balance of power in the South Central Ohio League shifted from Fayette County to Highland County Thursday night as the McClain Lady Tigers played their brand of basketball and gained the SCOL victory over the Miami Trace Lady Panthers 54-49 at McClain High School.

The balance of power in the South Central Ohio League shifted from Fayette County to Highland County Thursday night as the McClain Lady Tigers played their brand of basketball and gained the SCOL victory over the Miami Trace Lady Panthers 54-49 at McClain High School.

McClain senior Kate Hammond scored her 1,000th point Thursday night at McClain High School against South Central Ohio League rival Miami Trace.