Highland County Chamber of Commerce President Katy Farber has informed the board of her resignation, effective Sept. 28. Farber has accepted a position with the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth.

A Hillsboro man has been charged with assault stemming from an incident at the Grace House in the 300 block of North High Street. Eric Daugherty, 52, a resident of the shelter, was charged by the Hillsboro Police Department after allegations that he assaulted a 9-year-old girl, who was also living at the shelter with her family.

Adena Health System and the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will host a daylong symposium for medical providers, first responders, law enforcement, counselors and other professionals caring for the veteran community.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced that state and local governments are projected to save more than $10 million this winter as a result of a change in the way salt contracts are obtained.

State wildlife and animal health officials have confirmed localized outbreaks of a common white-tailed deer disease in eight Ohio counties, including: Ashtabula, Columbiana, Geauga, Holmes, Paulding, Portage, Ross and Summit.

“Our staff has been working extremely hard getting the Brown County campus—the replacement campus for our South Campus—on the drawing board,” said Dr. Kevin Boys, SSCC President, as he addressed the college’s board of trustees during their Sept. 12 meeting. “I thought it would be a good idea for the entire board to look at the progress being made.”

“Our staff has been working extremely hard getting the Brown County campus—the replacement campus for our South Campus—on the drawing board,” said Dr. Kevin Boys, SSCC President, as he addressed the college’s board of trustees during their Sept. 12 meeting. “I thought it would be a good idea for the entire board to look at the progress being made.”

A local court has again ruled in favor of the Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities in the latest entry filed after litigation brought by former Board of DD superintendent Charles Biggert, Jr.

After 20 minutes of deliberation, a Highland County Common Pleas Court jury found Brian Hamilton guilty of grand theft, a felony four, on Thursday, Sept. 13.

The Celebration of Life Event (formerly known as the Walk for Life) is a fundraising event to benefit the Southern Ohio Pregnancy Center. The event goal is: $20,000. "By participating, you will be changing lives as we continue to meet the needs of those who come through our door and as we take the abstinence message into our schools," said Cathy G. Griffith, executive director of the Southern Ohio Pregnancy Center.

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 71, near milepost 47 in Clinton County.

One simple question. That's all it took to reverse years of a generally accepted – yet heretofore improper – county policy regarding the opening of sealed bids.

Highland District Hospital has joined Ohio State’s stroke telemedicine network bringing rapid access to advanced stroke care to our community.

“On a hot summer night — July 5, 1954 — Lincoln School, the ‘colored’ elementary school in Hillsboro, Ohio, went up in flames, and my sweet, sleepy, segregated little hometown was suddenly awake…” So writes author-performer Susan Banyas, a third grader in 1954 and witness to the powerful civil rights drama unfolding around her.

Highland County Prosector Anneka P. Collins presented charges to the Highland County Grand Jury Tuesday in reference to Jeffrey Lee Armstrong, who was originally charged with felonious assault and was bound over to the Grand Jury on Aug. 23. The Grand Jury indicted Armstrong on two counts of attempted murder and one count of felonious assault.