City employees and officials celebrated Arbor Day by passing out pine trees to first-graders at Hillsboro Elementary School.
  An annual tradition for the Hillsboro Street Department, the trees were purchased at the Highland County Soil and Water Conservation District's annual tree sale.

Top counties for wild turkeys killed last week were: Tuscarawas – 259; Guernsey – 247; Ashtabula – 241; Knox – 238; Harrison – 224; Adams – 213; Coshocton 210; Muskingum – 207; Licking – 199; and Columbiana – 191.

Top counties for wild turkeys killed last week were: Tuscarawas – 259; Guernsey – 247; Ashtabula – 241; Knox – 238; Harrison – 224; Adams – 213; Coshocton 210; Muskingum – 207; Licking – 199; and Columbiana – 191.

After 22 years as the head of the state attorney discipline board and a distinguished career in law spanning four decades, Columbus attorney Jon Marshall received two awards from the local and state bar associations.

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has announced the appointment of David Bryan Bender of Washington Court House to serve as Judge of the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Probate and Juvenile Divisions.

The phrase "It's a great day for Highland County" was repeated numerous times Thursday when PAS Technologies announced an expansion in Hillsboro that will bring 40 jobs to Hillsboro - with the possibility of more to come.
 State and local elected officials met Thursday at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro, joined by PAS leaders and community members for the official announcement that the aerospace technologies manufacturer was bringing jobs to Hillsboro.

Highland County Engineer Dean Otworth and Michelle Throckmorton of the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission (OVRDC) updated commissioners on the financing possibilities for the Hobart Drive/Carl Smith Drive access road project. “Design-wise, everything is moving forward,” Otworth said.

Hill Thermal Imaging, LLC, of Greenfield recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Highland County Chamber of Commerce. Hill Thermal Imaging provides thermology services and analysis reporting for commercial, industrial and residential customers in the most cost-effective and affordable manner.

Merchants National Bank contributed $350 to the 2011 Hillsboro Christian Academy prom. Paul W. Pence, president and CEO of Merchants National Bank, and Bertha Hamilton of MNB presented the donation Thursday morning outside the Hillsboro uptown bank location.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) will participate in PAS Technologies' expansion announcement in Hillsboro tomorrow, April 28, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Training and Employment Center, 1575 N. High Street, rooms 27 A & B. Sen. Portman has been working with corporate and local leaders to advance the expansion, which is expected to create 50-100 new jobs.