A new therapeutic riding center in Highland County aims to make a difference in the lives of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, through the efforts of several unique horses, a team of volunteers and the passion of owner and instructor Shannon Wetherington.

A new therapeutic riding center in Highland County aims to make a difference in the lives of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, through the efforts of several unique horses, a team of volunteers and the passion of owner and instructor Shannon Wetherington.

A new therapeutic riding center in Highland County aims to make a difference in the lives of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, through the efforts of several unique horses, a team of volunteers and the passion of owner and instructor Shannon Wetherington.

A new therapeutic riding center in Highland County aims to make a difference in the lives of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, through the efforts of several unique horses, a team of volunteers and the passion of owner and instructor Shannon Wetherington.

A new therapeutic riding center in Highland County aims to make a difference in the lives of individuals with physical and mental disabilities, through the efforts of several unique horses, a team of volunteers and the passion of owner and instructor Shannon Wetherington.

In typical Washington fashion, news broke late Friday that U.S. Justice Department prosecutors determined that former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert molested as many as four young boys when he was their high school wrestling coach. Hastert, 74, was a Republican congressman from Illinois. He was the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1999-2007 and was in Congress from 1987-2007. He was the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office this week certified the petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would legalize marijuana for medicinal and industrial use in the state.

Known as the “fiduciary rule”, the regulation would change the definition of individuals who provide investment advice on pension and retirement plans to a standard that requires higher costs and more paperwork for those seeking advice. Experts estimate that previous proposals of the rule would cause a loss of retirement savings of $68–80 billion per year, and will jeopardize retirement readiness for 11.9 million IRA and retirement participants.

National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial institution which provides banking products and services to southern Ohio and the nation's cooperatives, their members and other socially responsible organizations, announces that Joshua Martin has joined as Customer Service Head Teller for NCB’s Wilmington Branch.

OSU Extension/4-H Youth Development program has received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmer Erik Hamilton of Highland County.

More than 70 public officials and employees were trained this week on how to prevent fraud or detect it as soon as possible as part of a series of seminars provided by State Auditor Dave Yost’s office.

Legendary outlaw country music singer Merle Haggard died Wednesday.

Adena Health System is pleased to announce that General Surgeon Dr. Christin Spahn is expanding her practice and will begin seeing patients at the Adena Health Center in Washington Court House starting April 15. She will continue to see patients at Adena Surgical, located within Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Ohio Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) appointed Senator Joe Uecker (R-Miami Township) to serve as the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government.