Second District Rep. Jean Schmidt has scheduled a telephone town hall for Tuesday, Nov. 29, to answer questions about efforts to halt the spread of tree-killing Asian longhorned beetles in Clermont County.
Rain showers and cooler temperatures will greet southern Ohio deer hunters this week, as the popular deer gun season gets under way. The season opens today (Monday) and the weather forecast calls for a 100-percent chance of rain.
No injuries were reported when a pickup truck allegedly struck the front entrance area of Peebles Department Store in Hillsboro during Black Friday shopping hours.
As the unofficial start to the holiday season in Hillsboro, the annual Christmas parade rolled through town Saturday, Nov. 26. Sponsored by the Hillsboro Uptown Business Association, the event was held on National Small Business Saturday, and featured floats and vehicles from several local businesses.
The Hillsboro Police Department and the Highland County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate suspicious activity at the Paragon Inn on West Main Street in Hillsboro Saturday, Nov. 26.
The 2011 Hillsboro Uptown Business Association will be honoring Mayor Richard Zink as the grand marshal of the 2011 Christmas parade to be held Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. in uptown Hillsboro.
Hillsboro High School students recently had the opportunity to learn firsthand about life in Uganda with the visit of Cyrus Muwanga Mark, an east African native visiting the United States for the first time on a missionarymtrip. Mark was the guest of Hillsboro High School teacher and former basketball coach Joe B. Stewart, who, along with his wife, Debbi, hosted Mark during his visit for leadership training at Athletes in Action world headquarters in Xenia.
The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Room 184 of the college¹s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The meeting is open to the public.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is encouraging all Ohioans to participate in Small Business Saturday during this holiday season by shopping at and supporting small businesses.
Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss denied several pretrial motions Tuesday in a case regarding a defendant who is facing 74 counts in an engaging in a pattern of corrupt activities case. The defense said the state's alleged use of a GPS to track the defendant is a potential violation of his constitutional rights, but the state denies using a GPS on the defendant's vehicle.
Four individuals have taken out petitions for two open seats on the Highland County Board of Commissioners, with the potential for contested primaries in both races.
Highland County saw a slight decrease in unemployment numbers during the month of October, with the jobless rate falling to 11.7 percent. Highland County also moved from the county with the fifth highest unemployment rate to the sixth, with Scioto County moving into the top five in unemployment numbers.
Former Delaware County Commissioner Todd Hanks pled guilty today in Delaware County Municipal Court to Ethics Law violations. Bradford Tammaro, of the Ohio Organized Crime Investigation Commission, and Paul Nick, Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission, were appointed as Special Prosecutors in the case.
