U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X this week that the FBI’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election included a subpoena for his private phone records. The Department of Justice, under former President Joe Biden, also seized Trump’s government-issued phone. 

Americans traveling by plane are facing thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancellations each day due to the ongoing government shutdown – and the situation will only worsen if Congress fails to act soon.

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle fatal crash. The crash occurred on Nov. 5 at approximately 2:25 a.m. on Center Road in Chester Township, Clinton County.

It was a clean sweep across the ballot for local issues in the Nov. 4, 2025 general election, which saw two tax levies, plus four issues related to liquor sales, unofficially pass.

Highland County voters elected representatives to local boards of education in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 general election, with a rematch of current and former board members in Greenfield as well as a contested race for the Fairfield Local board.

Voters across Highland County chose two trustees to represent each township Tuesday night in the Nov. 4 general election, with a mix of incumbents and new representatives unofficially being elected.

Greenfield voters elected Christopher Borreson as their first mayor in over a decade, while councils in Hillsboro and Greenfield will see a mix of new and familiar faces, according to unofficial results from the Nov. 4, 2025 general election.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island.

With 31 of 31 precincts and absentees reporting in the 2025 general election, the following unofficial results have been posted by the Highland County Board of Elections.

A Lynchburg man facing two third-degree felony charges was among the 11 individuals indicted by a Highland County grand jury in their Tuesday, Nov. 4 session.

"Fran and I were saddened to learn this morning of the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney. I first got to know him when we were members of Congress together and he was in the House Republican leadership.   He was thoughtful, steady, and an advocate for his beloved Wyoming." – Gov. DeWine   

A decade ago, Ohio became a model for taxpayer transparency when it created the Ohio Checkbook, opening government expenditures to public view and scrutiny. Some local municipalities, however, found a loophole to keep spending out of easy reach of the people who pay the bills.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, located in Hillsboro, celebrated its 170th anniversary and the completion of its renovation project with a rededication with a ribbon cutting from the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, along with family, friends, and members of the community on Oct. 21.

These incidents have been reported by the HPD.

The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Highland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) was held Oct. 15 at Backroom Paradise.