• In The News 23 March 2012

    HPD hiring dispatcher to fill vacancy left by retiring officer

    The Hillsboro Police Department is taking applications for a communications officer, after a current dispatcher was moved up to fill the position of a retiring sergeant.
  • In The News 23 March 2012
    Paint Township residents show support in joining Paint Creek EMS/Fire District WATCH THE VIDEO
    With a show of hands in an informal vote, residents of Paint Township gave support to their township trustees in a decision to join the Paint Creek Joint EMS and Fire District.
    The Paint Township Trustees held an open meeting Thursday evening at the AmVets, off North Shore Drive, to gauge public opinion on joining the fire district.
  • In The News 22 March 2012
    SSCC to receive more than $1 million toward campus renovations
    COLUMBUS— Southern State Community College will receive more than $1 million toward campus renovations, with the passage of House Bill 482.
    State Representative Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) announced Thursday that the Ohio House of Representatives today passed HB 482, the capital budget bill along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 19, encouraging the Federal Aviation Administration to select Ohio as a site for Unmanned Aerial Systems testing. 

  • In The News 22 March 2012
    Two arrested in Hillsboro marijuana grow operation
    At approximately 6:40 p.m., officers from the Hillsboro Police Department went to a residence in the 500 block of South East Street in reference to information obtained that a possible marijuana grow operation was taking place at the residence.
  • In The News 22 March 2012
    Hillsboro school board earmarks $200,000 for new athletic complex
    The Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education has voted to approve $200,000 of permanent improvement funds to be earmarked for the construction of a new track facility near the new Hillsboro High School/Middle School.
  • In The News 22 March 2012
    Community members ask for reinstatement of teacher
    Wearing t-shirts with "reinstate" written in large block letters, the family and friends supporting a Hillsboro City Schools teacher who has been placed on paid administrative leave for the past four months pending an investigation, asked once again that the board of education return the teacher to his classroom.
  • In The News 21 March 2012
    Greenfield man charged with illegal assembly after 3 meth labs found in home
    A Greenfield man has been charged with illegal assembly, after law enforcement discovered three working meth labs in a home on Edgewood Avenue Wednesday. 
    Michael A. Roberts, 33, has been charged with the illegal
    assembly of chemicals for the manufacturing of methamphetamine, a felony of the second degree.

  • In The News 21 March 2012
    Greenfield man charged with illegal assembly after 3 meth labs found in home
    A Greenfield man has been charged with illegal assembly, after law enforcement discovered three working meth labs in a home on Edgewood Avenue Wednesday. 
    Michael A. Roberts, 33, has been charged with the illegal
    assembly of chemicals for the manufacturing of methamphetamine, a felony of the second degree.

  • In The News 21 March 2012
    GPD discovers 3 working meth labs
    Charges are pending against two individuals after three working meth labs were reportedly found at a home in Greenfield.
  • In The News 21 March 2012
    GPD discovers 3 working meth labs
    Charges are pending against two individuals after three working meth labs were reportedly found at a home in Greenfield.
  • In The News 21 March 2012
    Hastings, Wilkin, Shaffer to attend PUCO, AEP meeting
    Hillsboro Mayor Drew Hastings will testify at a hearing scheduled Friday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to review a modified Electric Security Plan submitted by American Electric Power. Highland County commissioners Shane Wilkin and Jeremy Shaffer also will attend the hearing.

  • In The News 20 March 2012
    Board of DD votes to extend interim superintendent's contract

     The Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities has voted to extend the contract of interim superintendent Fred Williams, effective through Dec. 31, 2012. 

     The board hired Williams in October, following the contract termination of former former superintendent Chuck Biggert.

  • In The News 20 March 2012
    Greenfield exploring annexation of area properties

    The village of Greenfield is submitting informal surveys to area residents to gauge the interest of annexing some properties so they will have access to village water and sewer services. The village could receive the added benefit of increasing the population to city status again.

  • In The News 20 March 2012
    War memorial moved to new location

    The war memorial that previously stood on the south lawn of the Highland County Courthouse has been moved to its new, permanent location, along with monuments commemorating soldiers from the Revolutionary through Afghanistan wars. 

    Highland County Commissioner Tom Horst said that the remodeling of the memorial is nearing completion.

  • In The News 20 March 2012
    War memorial moved to new location

    The war memorial that previously stood on the south lawn of the Highland County Courthouse has been moved to its new, permanent location, along with monuments commemorating soldiers from the Revolutionary through Afghanistan wars. 

    Highland County Commissioner Tom Horst said that the remodeling of the memorial is nearing completion.

  • In The News 20 March 2012
    16-year-old bicyclist injured in hit/skip crash
    FAYETTEVILLE –The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a "hit-skip" crash Tuesday morning that left a juvenile bicyclist with serious injuries.
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