A Greenfield man was sentenced to a year and a half in prison recently after pleading guilty to a third-degree felony meth possession charge.

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades proclaimed the month of May as Buddy Poppy Month during their Wednesday, May 3 meeting.

The second round of the Highland County rivalry belonged to the McClain Tigers. Tuesday night at John Mitchell Park at Nixon Field, the McClain Tigers earned a Frontier Athletic Conference victory behind a second inning that saw them jump ahead of the visiting Hillsboro Indians, leading to a 4-0 shutout win.

Hillsboro Mayor and local business owner Justin Harsha unofficially won his primary bid for reelection Tuesday, May 2, as he is seeking a second term in office. Of the three other city positions — all of which involved individuals appointed to their respective offices — two of the three seated individuals unofficially won their primaries.

With 30 of 30 precincts and absentees reporting, the following are unofficial results for the May 2, 2023 primary election.

A Highland County grand jury handed down first-degree felony charges against three individuals, including a joint drug trafficking indictment against a pair from Greenfield and an unrelated rape indictment against a Hillsboro man, during their Tuesday, May 2 session.

On Friday, the McClain Tigers held the annual Bob Bergstrom McClain Track Invitational in Greenfield, where McClain won the girls meet and the Hillsboro Indians won the boys meet at McClain Field.

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle UTV (utility terrain vehicle) fatal crash. The crash occurred Saturday, April 29, at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Beatty Road in Concord Township, Highland County.

Since February of this year, Greenfield Exempted Village School District Board of Education meetings have a new fixture, that of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council.

With apologies to Yogi Berra, it was déjà vu all over again Wednesday, April 26 during the Highland County commission meeting. Individuals from the Village of Greenfield attended a third meeting this month to discuss a federal funding request, while Greenfield City Manager Todd Wilkin and county commissioners engaged in their third public disagreement over finances — on four separate issues — in the past five months.

Greenfield schools is planning to implement its own summer food service program to help fill the need in the community.

Homeland Credit Union annually recognizes 20 students within their field of membership for their past efforts and future goals through the Homeland Credit Union scholarship.

The annual National Day of Prayer observance will take place at two separate times in Greenfield on Thursday, May 4.

Middle school students in Greenfield recently raised a sizable sum to help the Greenfield Police Department purchase a K-9.

Representatives from the Village of Greenfield held their annual Arbor Day observance with first graders from each of the Greenfield Exempted Village district’s elementary schools Tuesday, April 17.