• In The News 8 August 2011

    Jacobs placed on administrative leave at Children Services

    Former director of Highland County Children Services, Wendy Jacobs, has been placed on administrative leave.
     Debbie Robbins, Director of the offices of Highland County Children Services and Job and Family Services,  told The Highland County Press Monday that Jacobs was placed on administrative leave on Aug. 3.
  • In The News 8 August 2011
    Hillsboro Police Report
    The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for August 6, 2011.
  • In The News 8 August 2011
    Breast Cancer awareness tournament Oct. 1 at RFL
    On Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Rocky Fork Lake East Shore Ramp, Buckeye Bass Tournaments and Rocky Fork Marine are hosting the second annual bass tournament for Breast Cancer Awareness.
  • In The News 7 August 2011
    SEALs from unit that took down bin Laden among dead in helicopter crash
    KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Navy SEALs who belonged to the unit that killed Osama bin Laden are among the 30 U.S. citizens who were killed Saturday when an insurgent shot down a U.S. military helicopter.
     According to The Associated Press, "Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said today. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban."
  • In The News 7 August 2011
    Kasich makes appointment to Ohio boards
    COLUMBUS – Gov. John R. Kasich announced appointments earlier this week to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, the Ohio Board of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, and the State Lottery Commission.
  • In The News 6 August 2011
    Cincinnati council OKs Performance Audit
    Auditor of State Dave Yost this week praised the Cincinnati City Council for their unanimous, bipartisan vote yesterday
  • In The News 6 August 2011
    Hillsboro Police Report
    The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for August 5, 2011.
  • In The News 4 August 2011
    Patton gets 6 years for armed robbery; smiles at victim in court
    A Hillsboro man charged with robbing Larry's Party Shop at knifepoint pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony charge Thursday and was sentenced to six years in prison, but not before turning to the victim and smiling in open court. 
    Casey Patton, 26, was indicted on the charge in June after he had allegedly entered the store on April 20, brandished a knife and demanded cash. 
    In court Thursday, before Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss, as Patton was being seated at the defense table, he turned to a reporter with the Highland County Press and posed and smiled for a photo, before smiling at the victim.
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    Dehaas pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide
    After pleading guilty on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide, the defendant broke down, wiping tears from his face with his tattoo-covered arm, as victims called him a "murderer" and a "coward" who does "Satan's work," and that "God will have vengeance."
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    Grand jury returns 'no bill' for indictment in stabbing case
    A grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court did not return an indictment on a Greenfield man who was arrested following a fight in July at Christopher's Lounge. 
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    Miller appears on involuntary manslaughter charge
    A Greenfield woman indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter following the March death of her infant daughter appeared Wednesday in Highland County Common Pleas Court, where she cried through the hearing, and sobbed loudly as she was led out of the courtroom by her attorney.
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    Jeter pleads guilty on child porn charges
    A Hillsboro man has pleaded guilty to two felony charges related to child pornography in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
     Dana Jeter, 52, of Hillsboro, entered guilty pleas on counts one and two of a 17-count indictment Wednesday. As part of the plea agreement, the remaining 15 counts were dismissed.
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    HCSO corrections officer suspended for 10 days
    A corrections officer with the Highland County Sheriff's Office was arraigned Wednesday on a fourth-degree misdemeanor charge of menacing in Hillsboro Municipal Court, where he pleaded not guilty. 
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    Former Congressman Clarence Miller dies at 93
    Former U.S. Congressman Clarence E. Miller, a longtime Ohio Republican lawmaker, has died. Congressman Miller died on Aug. 2 in a Lancaster, Ohio hospital. He was 93.
  • In The News 3 August 2011
    11 indicted on corrupt activity drug charges WATCH THE VIDEO

    Eleven individuals, along with real estate and bank accounts, were indicted on 173 counts by a grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court in a continuing investigation into patterns of corrupt activity involving a drug pipeline law enforcement says is responsible for bringing heroin into Highland County via Greenfield. 

    The corrupt activity charges are "intertwined" with cases against nine individuals who were arrested in April in the Greenfield area on similar charges, according to Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward. 

  • In The News 3 August 2011
    11 indicted on corrupt activity drug charges WATCH THE VIDEO

    Eleven individuals, along with real estate and bank accounts, were indicted on 173 counts by a grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court in a continuing investigation into patterns of corrupt activity involving a drug pipeline law enforcement says is responsible for bringing heroin into Highland County via Greenfield. 

    The corrupt activity charges are "intertwined" with cases against nine individuals who were arrested in April in the Greenfield area on similar charges, according to Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward. 

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