With thanks for the many blessings that have been bestowed upon the community, volunteers with the Greenfield Area Christian Center broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a new facility that will allow the expansion of their food and support ministries that have served the Greenfield community for nearly 30 years.

    The board members of the Greenfield Area Christian Center were joined by volunteers, family and community members at their 912 N. 5th Street in Greenfield, as they commemorated the organization's new beginning.

The city of Hillsboro has contracted with an outside law firm to represent them in the proceedings with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, regarding AEP rates.

The former executive director of Highland County Children Services has filed a lawsuit against the Highland County Board of Commissioners and Highland County's Department of Job and Family Services/Child Support Enforcement and Child Protective Agency. for wrongful termination. The suit was filed Friday in the Highland County Clerk of Courts Office by an attorney for Wendy Jacobs, alleging that she was wrongfully discharged by the county from her job at Highland County's Department of Job and Family Services/Child Support Enforcement and Child Protective Agency.

Seeking public opinion on the proposed closure of four Highland County rest areas, the Ohio Department Transportation held a public hearing Monday evening. While some residents said they felt the areas were a meeting ground that harbored illegal activity, others say they are a necessity for motorists, and provide jobs for area residents.

    Approximately a dozen people turned out for Monday's meeting at the Hi-TEC facility in Hillsboro.

The kindergarten students at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School brought in items to donate to the animal shelter.

    No injuries or significant structural damages were reported following a house fire in Jackson Township Sunday evening.

    Hillsboro Fire and Rescue responded to the incident at 1465 Young Road, to a report of a two-story structure fire.

S.A.T.H. (Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped) will host the 20th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic on Monday, May 7 at Snow Hill Country Club in Wilmington. John Holt of the Hillsboro Ponderosa Steakhouse and Gary Riesenberg of Premier Golf are proud to be co-sponsoring this year's event.

Right now, Operation Christmas Child is looking for generous volunteers in Highland, Clinton, Fayette, and Brown counties to help fill those shoe boxes with small gifts – as part of a massive effort to help bring joy to more than 9 million children in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Home sales activity throughout Ohio during the first quarter reached its highest level since 2008, a clear indication that the marketplace has begun to regain its footing since the onset of the economic downturn that gripped the nation and state, according to statistics provided by the state’s Multiple Listing Services.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said Sunday that if Mitt Romney asked him to be his running mate that he would “demand reconsideration” and send a list of people who “could suit better.” But he declined to say what names would be on that list.

Hillsboro Middle School eighth-graders traveled to Washington, D.C. on April 11-13.