A steady snowfall covered the hills, and roadways, of Highland County Sunday, with the National Weather Service reporting that 2-3 inches should be expected overnight.
 Unofficially, temperatures dropped as low as 18 degrees in Hillsboro Sunday, with the NWS forecasting an overnight low of 17 degrees.

The Highland County Victim Witness program has a new director, Barbara Shoemaker, and staff, Jamie Stapleton, Juvenile Advocate, Teresa Wisecup, Office Manager, and Betty Jackman, County Court, who all also serve as volunteer advocates. They are working to establish relationships with area agencies such as Domestic Violence, Highland County Sheriff’s Office, all area police departments, and the Fayette County Victim Witness office.

Betty Bishop, city manager of Greenfield, said, "This is another exciting day for Greenfield. With the investments of these companies, along with hopeful grant and loan opportunities to stretch those investment dollars, the impact on this area will be enormous. PlanetWalden has already invested in the community and ownership will be moving to the community in the near future."

Kelsey Sheeley, the 2010 Highland County Beef Queen, is pleased to announce that she is initiating the “Cattlemen Care” program for Highland County.

For the past several years, Hillsboro resident Gordon W. Yuellig has placed a manger and nativity display outside the Highland County Courthouse in uptown Hillsboro.

For the past several years, Hillsboro resident Gordon W. Yuellig has placed a manger and nativity display outside the Highland County Courthouse in uptown Hillsboro.

The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees opened its Wednesday, Dec. 8 meeting with a moment of silence for former professor Bill Horne, who passed away last week at the age of 70. The college hosted a memorial service for Mr. Horne on Dec. 4.

Highland County Sheriff Ronald D. Ward congratulates Al Martellotti for his five years of volunteer service with the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.

Farmers have an abundance of what Ohio’s next governor, John Kasich, wants to see more of in government: common sense. Speaking at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Columbus, Kasich applauded farmers’ work ethic and personal responsibility, and said it will take some of those qualities to get the state back on track.

As Ohioans begin to face the winter heating season, AEP Ohio is launching two new programs designed to make residential customers’ homes more comfortable while helping them to lower their energy bills. AEP Ohio is now offering in-home energy assessments and audits to help customers identify energy efficiency improvements and earn rebates that can save money.

Ohio hunters took 104,442 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, week-long deer-gun season, which ran November 29 through December 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. In 2009, hunters killed a preliminary total of 114,633 deer during the same time period.

In a Dec. 6 meeting at the White House, Ohio Representative-Elect Cliff Rosenberger, R-Clarksville, urged the Obama administration to step up efforts to rebuild America’s nuclear power industry.

A silent snow fell outside the campus of Southern State Community College in Hillsboro Saturday, as family, friends, colleagues and students assembled to honor "an old hog farmer" whose legacy of learning, integrity and commitment to community lives on through the thousands of lives he touched.
 From humble roots on a farm in the Sugar Tree Ridge area, Bill Horne, who died Dec. 1, became a man who inspired those around him, through his actions and his lectures, calling education "the great equalizer." He worked to constantly remind people that "one person can make a difference."