The following incidents have been reported by the Highland County Sheriff's Office.

Ladies and gentlemen, after operating the Oakland Female Seminary in Hillsboro from 1839 until 1856, the Rev. Joseph McDowell Mathews, a pioneer of education in Highland County in the 1800s, was appointed president of the new Hillsborough Female College that was constructed between West Main and West Walnut at Oak Street.  

The McClain FFA chapter took four members to the state livestock judging contest on April 28, where the team placed seventh. 

A 4-year-old girl is being punished – both financially and inherently – for the sole reason that she had the audacity to be conceived out of wedlock in a brief relationship that proved compromising for the first family. For that, her existence does not register with the Bidens. 

It wasn’t that long ago that Vinton County — the least populated county in Ohio with about 12,560 people — was a food desert. The county’s only grocery store SuperValu closed in 2013, forcing residents to travel roughly 30 minutes one way to grocery stores like Kroger and Walmart in Athens, Logan, Jackson, Chillicothe or Wellston. 

Brussels, Belgium is the capital of the European Union. Asunción, Paraguay is the capital of (you guessed it) Paraguay. There is important news from both this week, one a note of caution; the other a sigh of relief.  

Members of the North Coast Church on Beech Street in Hillsboro held a "Serve Your City" campaign Sunday, April 30 at the Railroad Street park in Hillsboro.

The Highland County Chapter of the Public Employees Retirees, Inc. meeting will be 10 a.m. May 11 at the Hi-TEC Center, 1575 North High Street, Hillsboro. The speaker will be Judge Kevin Greer of Highland County Probate and Juvenile Court. 

Recent public meetings have had ample debate regarding the disbursement of what are taxpayers' dollars. That is not necessarily a bad thing.

Big change is in store for Ohio’s Appalachian region through the $500 million Appalachian Community Grant Program, which aims to revitalize, enhance, and rebuild the economies of 32 Appalachian counties. 

Throughout February and March, the McClain FFA chapter participated in several invitationals for a variety of contests. Then, on March 25, McClain took several members to the preliminary round for the contests. 

Decisions that have long-term, potentially irreversible consequences, need a heavy dose of adult thinking. As a society, we are not protecting our children. After all, it takes a village to raise a child.

AgriPOWER is a program of Ohio Farm Bureau and designed for farmers and agribusiness professionals. It focuses on public issues that are relevant to the food industry such as consumer relations, regulations, energy and trade policies.

The Highland County Retired Teachers’ Association (HCRTA) will hold its regular spring meeting on Monday, May 1, at the Hillsboro Church of Christ fellowship hall.  

All throughout the valley, my eye catches on countless beautiful spring wildflowers that seem to vie for my attention. It is really difficult to get anything done. I just want to stop whatever I might be doing and sit down among them.