A large crowd was in attendance Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Hillsboro Ponderosa Banquet Center for a multi-county Democratic Party fundraiser for 2016 U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland.

Highland County Fair Board President Charles Davidson made a special presentation on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 12 at the 2015 Highland County Fair. President Davidson presented two plaques to Russ Storer of Storer Sound Service.

The Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District recognized the first responders and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a flag lowered above High Street in uptown Hillsboro.

The Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District recognized the first responders and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a flag lowered above High Street in uptown Hillsboro.

The Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District recognized the first responders and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a flag lowered above High Street in uptown Hillsboro.

On Friday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announcing that it will end the American Centrifuge Test Demonstration and Operation contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio:

Congressman Brad Wenstrup released the following statement regarding the Department of Energy’s announcement to end the American Centrifuge Test Demonstration and Operation contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced the Fair Chance Act – bipartisan legislation to expand job opportunities and reduce recidivism by requiring federal contractors and federal agencies to “ban the box” on job applications.

This body must not sign off on an agreement that fails to honor our red-lines, that strengthens Iran’s destabilizing influence in the region, and does nothing to address the behavior that threatens our allies and our legitimate national security interests here in this country.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced Wednesday that fire departments in Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties have been awarded federal resources by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program.

Members of the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District board have voted to suspend Chief Bradley George for 30 days without pay. George was brought before Paint Creek board members for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Paint Creek Fire Station in Greenfield on charges of malfeasance, gross negligence of duty and failure of good behavior.

Members of the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District board have voted to suspend Chief Bradley George for 30 days without pay. George was brought before Paint Creek board members for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Paint Creek Fire Station in Greenfield on charges of malfeasance, gross negligence of duty and failure of good behavior.

Members of the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District board have voted to suspend Chief Bradley George for 30 days without pay. George was brought before Paint Creek board members for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Paint Creek Fire Station in Greenfield on charges of malfeasance, gross negligence of duty and failure of good behavior.

A hearing began after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 for Bradley George, chief of the Paint Creek Joint EMS and Fire District, at the Greenfield station at 640 N. Washington St.