To honor local history, the Highland County Historical Society invites the public to join in on this year’s bell-ringing to recognize the local bell industry, observe the start of a New Year and the beginning of the nation’s semiquincentennial – better known as America’s 250th anniversary.

Hillsboro City Council members passed three time-sensitive pieces of legislation via emergency at a special meeting Thursday, Dec. 18.

In their final meeting of the 2025 calendar year, Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels approved the 2026 budget and a number of other year-end measures.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine this week signed numerous bills passed by the 136th General Assembly into law, including the following property tax related bills.

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security has released an updated report highlighting terrorism threats to Americans. 

U.S. lawmakers have left town for the holidays without making any actionable progress on the long-delayed fiscal year 2026 government funding bills. That means when Congress returns Jan. 6, lawmakers will have less than a month to pass the remaining nine out of 12 massive appropriations bills.

For five years, Fairfield Local High School has been putting on Lions Care Day.

A Democrat and a Republican lawmaker in Ohio are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s plan to take power from the state when it comes to artificial intelligence regulations.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a $4.25 million multistate settlement with Menards, a Wisconsin-based home-improvement retailer, over allegations of deceptive rebate advertising.

Members of the Lynchburg-Clay Local Schools Board of Education recognized Mrs. Jean Fawley, a longtime music educator at Lynchburg-Clay and Buford Schools, during the Dec. 18 school board meeting.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of a felony charge of obstruction by a jury Thursday in a case involving the judge’s actions related to a defendant in her court that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attempting to arrest outside of the courtroom.

Greenfield Village Council will meet Dec. 22 in special session at 4:45 p.m. in the Village Council Chambers, third floor of city hall, 300 Jefferson Street, Greenfield.

Southern State announces the retirement of Dr. Julianne Krebs, Dean of Nursing, following 25 years of dedicated service to the college. SSCC also proudly announces the appointment of Abby Storrs, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, as the new Director of Nursing, effective December 16, 2025.

In the past 12 months, overall prices rose by 2.7%, which marks a slowdown from 3% reported in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today introduced the bipartisan Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Advisory Committee Improvement Act, which will allow each of the five existing CFTC advisory committees to operate equally, eliminating unnecessary complexity and empowering the CFTC to operate more efficiently.