Nearly 20 months after a Norfolk Southern train derailment pushed the small eastern Ohio community of East Palestine into the national spotlight, a federal judge approved a $600 million settlement.

Congress overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday that will keep the federal government running through Dec. 20, though the divided Congress has a lot of negotiating to do if members want to pass the dozen full-year appropriations bills before their new deadline.

Federal prosecutors indicted Mayor Eric Adams after a corruption investigation, marking the first time a sitting mayor has been indicted in New York City.

U.S. House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., is publicly calling on IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel to revoke the tax-exempt status of a network of pro-Palestinian groups around the U.S. for “inciting riots and violence, supporting illegal activity, and conducting other activity contrary to the public good.”

The Highland Soil & Water Conservation District’s 82nd Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 10 at The Barn at Hidden Ridge, located at 6312 Fair Ridge Road, Hillsboro.

A suspect accused of murdering a Lynchburg woman in July has been found not competent to stand trial at the present time, with the case being placed on the inactive docket in Highland County Common Pleas Court while she undergoes “a period of restoration,” according to Judge Rocky Coss.

Commissioners David Daniels, Brad Roades and Terry Britton declared a state of emergency in Highland County due to the ongoing drought during their Wednesday, Sept. 25 meeting and are “requesting all available assistance from state and federal agencies.”

Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Brad Roades and Terry Britton proclaimed October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month during their Wednesday, Sept. 25 meeting.

the Secret Service’s failures that allowed an assassination attempt on former President Trump at his July 13 rally were shocking, unacceptable, and preventable – and they led to tragic consequences,” said Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich. 

Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released new evidence that suggests former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo attempted to inappropriately influence the testimony of a Select Subcommittee witness. 

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and a bicameral group of more than 42 colleagues in urging Pres. Joe Biden to hold the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) accountable for the mismanagement and misplacement of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children.

A Seaman woman who pleaded guilty in August to theft of nearly $420,000 from a Highland County business owner was sentenced in Wednesday, Sept. 25 in Highland County Common Pleas Court to three years of community control, plus three months in jail.

The Highland County Board of Elections would like to remind voters of the upcoming General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Greenfield Historical Society will hold its annual History Day Oct. 5 at the area around the Grain & Hay building. The day will start at 10 a.m. and finish at 3 p.m.

A former Hocking County commissioner paid more than $25,000 in restitution Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to theft and other criminal counts related to fraudulent credit card purchases.