• In The News 27 July 2011

    Hillsboro man charged with felony assault on officer

    On Wednesday, July 27 at 1:42 am., a Hillsboro police officer executed a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 500 block of South East Street. The vehicle had run a red light and also had a flat tire, causing sparks to fly from the roadway. The officer called for a wrecker to tow the vehicle as it was unsafe.
  • In The News 27 July 2011
    Former county engineer pleads guilty to Ohio ethics violations
    Former Trumbull County Engineer David DeChristofaro pleaded guilty to Ethics Law violations this week in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas. DeChristofaro was convicted of one fifth-degree felony theft count and one first-degree misdemeanor count of conflict of interest.
  • In The News 26 July 2011
    County unemployment rate jumps to 13.4 percent
    After holding steady for two months, Highland County's unemployment rate rose to 13.4 percent during the month of June.
      Ohio's jobless rate rose from 8.6 percent to 8.8 percent in June, and Highland County saw a jump from 12.8 percent in May to 13.4 percent in June, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The local unemployment rate had been at 12.8 percent in April, as well.
  • In The News 26 July 2011
    Insurance, economic development on agenda for special council meeting
    The Hillsboro City Council will meet Wednesday in a special session to consider insurance bids and to establish a fund to be used for economic development. 
  • In The News 26 July 2011
    Sen. Portman meets with Mt. Orab's Tessa Pinkerton, Arlington National Cemetery essay winner
    U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) had a chance to meet with Tessa Pinkerton, one of only two children chosen nationally to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns yesterday morning as part of the Professional Landcare Networks’ “Renewal and Remembrance” annual beautification project in Washington, D.C.
  • In The News 26 July 2011
    Ohio lawmaker faces charges
    Ohio State Rep. Jarrod Martin, R-Beavercreek, is facing charges after being cited for alleged drunken driving, WHIO TV in Dayton reports.
  • In The News 26 July 2011
    Hillsboro Police Report
    The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for July 25.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Committee considers ordinances on noise levels, wells
    The street and safety committee of the Hillsboro City Council examined if two city ordinances should be amended following recent, separate complaints into noise levels and alleged "vague" wording in the water well drilling laws.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Rotary playground opens to rave reviews
    For a child, a year is a very long time to wait. For the children who live in the vicinity of new Rotary Club playground off North East Street, the whole year of waiting for the playground's completion did not seem as long as Monday afternoon, as they watched the final bolts go in and waited for the word that the park was officially open. 
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Rotary playground opens to rave reviews
    For a child, a year is a very long time to wait. For the children who live in the vicinity of new Rotary Club playground off North East Street, the whole year of waiting for the playground's completion did not seem as long as Monday afternoon, as they watched the final bolts go in and waited for the word that the park was officially open. 
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Jury finds man not guilty of sending 'obscene' photos to juvenile
    A jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court deliberated approximately half an hour Monday before returning a not guilty verdict for a Middletown man charged with disseminating matter harmful to a juvenile.
      Harold Birch had been indicted on the fifth-degree felony charge in March. The state alleged that on Dec. 12, 2010 he had sent six "obscene" photos of a former girlfriend to the woman's 17-year-old daughter.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Kasich announces Apportionment Board meeting
    Gov. John R. Kasich will convene the 2011 Board of Apportioning Persons on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in the Senate Finance Hearing Room in the Ohio Statehouse.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Four departments battle trailer fire
    At least four departments battled this trailer fire Sunday morning in the 10000 block of Cinderella Drive near Rocky Fork Lake.
     Crews from Hillsboro Fire and Rescue responded with mutual aid from Marshall, Brushcreek and the Paint Creek Joint Fire and EMS District to 10906 Cinderella Drive at approximately 5 a.m.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Four departments battle trailer fire
    At least four departments battled this trailer fire Sunday morning in the 10000 block of Cinderella Drive near Rocky Fork Lake.
     Crews from Hillsboro Fire and Rescue responded with mutual aid from Marshall, Brushcreek and the Paint Creek Joint Fire and EMS District to 10906 Cinderella Drive at approximately 5 a.m.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    Tornado sirens to be tested July 27
    Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward has announced that the Highland County Central Dispatch/911 Center will conduct Tornado Siren Testing on Wednesday, July 27 at noon.
  • In The News 25 July 2011
    DeWine announces record-setting work of office's health care fraud section
    Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine praised his office's Health Care Fraud Section for a record-setting recovery of $103,768,000 for the state fiscal year that ended in June.
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