The 2011 Hillsboro Uptown Business Association will be honoring Mayor Richard Zink as the grand marshal of the 2011 Christmas parade to be held Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. in uptown Hillsboro.
Hillsboro High School students recently had the opportunity to learn firsthand about life in Uganda with the visit of Cyrus Muwanga Mark, an east African native visiting the United States for the first time on a missionarymtrip. Mark was the guest of Hillsboro High School teacher and former basketball coach Joe B. Stewart, who, along with his wife, Debbi, hosted Mark during his visit for leadership training at Athletes in Action world headquarters in Xenia.
The Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Room 184 of the college¹s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The meeting is open to the public.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is encouraging all Ohioans to participate in Small Business Saturday during this holiday season by shopping at and supporting small businesses.
Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss denied several pretrial motions Tuesday in a case regarding a defendant who is facing 74 counts in an engaging in a pattern of corrupt activities case. The defense said the state's alleged use of a GPS to track the defendant is a potential violation of his constitutional rights, but the state denies using a GPS on the defendant's vehicle.
Four individuals have taken out petitions for two open seats on the Highland County Board of Commissioners, with the potential for contested primaries in both races.
Highland County saw a slight decrease in unemployment numbers during the month of October, with the jobless rate falling to 11.7 percent. Highland County also moved from the county with the fifth highest unemployment rate to the sixth, with Scioto County moving into the top five in unemployment numbers.
Former Delaware County Commissioner Todd Hanks pled guilty today in Delaware County Municipal Court to Ethics Law violations. Bradford Tammaro, of the Ohio Organized Crime Investigation Commission, and Paul Nick, Executive Director of the Ohio Ethics Commission, were appointed as Special Prosecutors in the case.
Steps have been taken to address several areas of deficiency or noncompliance in Highland County government identified by the Ohio Auditor of State's Office for the year ending in December 2010, including a personnel issue, inconsistencies regarding purchase orders and expenditure approval, the timelines in which minutes are prepared, a management system regarding disbursement of grant funds, and a situation in which the county borrowed and later repaid money from a private citizen.
The Twelfth District Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of a Kentucky man in Clinton County Municipal Court for an alleged violation of a protective order issued by a court of another state.
An adult male suspect is in custody after a high-speed chase early Sunday morning. The Hillsboro Police Department did not immediately identify the suspect, who was observed driving erratically at 3:35 a.m. Nov. 20 on North High Street and Springlake Avenue. An HPD spokesperson indicated he was a local resident.
Attorney General Mike DeWine and 34 other attorneys general, along with the San Francisco city attorney, have filed comments responding to the Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement with Phusion Projects, LLC regarding its deceptive marketing of the flavored malt beverage "Four Loko" in super-sized 12 percent alcohol/23.5-ounce cans.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Ross County Sheriff's Office are investigating an accidental shooting that occurred in the Ross County area Saturday.
