Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has sent letters to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and the committee representing the petitioners rejecting the summary language for the proposed referendum on the election reform bill, Am. Sub. H.B. 194.

God, the Constitution and Capitalism are the basis of what the United States was founded upon, and those principles are what members of the Highland County TEA Party stand for, according to radio personality and Highland County Press columnist Eric Deters.
  Standing before a large American flag, Deters, an attorney who hosts a talk radio show on Real Talk 1160 AM, said he felt a little like Gen. George Patton, as he took the stage Monday at the Colony Theater in Hillsboro as the guest speaker at the Highland County TEA Party's August meeting.
  "But I promise not to hit anybody or cuss," Deters said with a laugh, referencing the World War II general.

A Highland County Sheriff's Office deputy has been arrested and charged with menacing, according to the Hillsboro Municipal Court. Court records indicate that Mark W. Middleton, 42, of Hillsboro was charged with menacing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, following an incident on July 28 in Clay Township.

The FBI has revealed that it believes it has a new lead on one of the nation's most elusive fugitives, as new information was released on the D.B. Cooper mystery. It's been almost 40 years since famed hijacker D.B. Cooper disappeared when he jumped out of a plane with $200,000 in FBI cash over the state of Washington on Thanksgiving Eve 1971.

Karen Trout's sixth book of poetry is now available in town at M & W Books and The Shabby Moose in Hillsboro.

Karen Trout's sixth book of poetry is now available in town at M & W Books and The Shabby Moose in Hillsboro.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for July 29, 2011.

A Hillsboro man indicted on a charge of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity was sentenced to community control Friday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.  
 Richard Rickman pleaded guilty to three counts of trafficking in drugs in June.

A Batavia man charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide appeared Friday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.  
 Albert Schober was indicted in July on the two second-degree felony charges following a March 26 crash on state Route 73 in Washington Township that left two dead.

The city of Hillsboro has received a 60-day extension in their liability insurance coverage so they will have time to investigate bids they received for a future contract.
 The Hillsboro City Council met Wednesday in a special session to review and select one of four bids submitted on July 21. The current contract was set to be up Aug. 1. Council's finance committee analyzed and discussed the insurance bids for two hours prior to the council meeting, and the debate continued for more than an hour during the special session. A vote on the matter ended in a 3-3 tie.

The Highland County Board of Commissioners will accept letters of interest for an appointed position on the Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities for the current term ending Dec. 31, 2014. Send letters to the Highland County Board of Commissioners, 119 Governor Foraker Place, Hillsboro, Ohio  45133.

Hillsboro City Auditor Gary Lewis has released the city’s regular audit for fiscal year 2010.