On Monday, Sept. 11, tickets for the Ohio Statehouse’s Haunted Tours go on sale. The much-loved yet eerie tours will take place Friday, Oct. 13; Saturday, Oct. 14; Friday, Oct. 20; and Saturday, Oct. 21 at the state Capitol.

Hillsboro Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI) will meet Saturday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. at Common Ground Community Church, 7406 Mad River Road, Hillsboro. A Facebook Live stream will start at 7:30 p.m. EST at https://www.facebook.com/fgbmfihillsboro.

For more information, go to www.highlandcountyfair.org.

The Highland County Chapter of the Public Employees Retirees, Inc. meeting will be on Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at the Hi-TEC Center 1575 North High Street, Hillsboro. 

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 with a memorial flag display on the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse.

The Hillsboro Garden Club, in association with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, are pleased to announce their 2023 landscaping winners.

The village welcomed new business, Underground Card Zone, to Posey Plaza on Wednesday, Aug. 30.

The Serpent Mound Star Knowledge Equinox Peace Summit “Return Of The Thunderbird” offers three days of family-friendly ceremonies with indigenous elders, musical performances through song and drumming, workshops, presentations and other spiritually transformative experiences. It takes place from Friday, Sept. 22 through Sunday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Soaring Eagle Retreat, 355 Horner Chapel Road, Peebles. The location is adjacent to the mound.

The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting Thursday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. at the SOCOG office, located at 167 West Main Street in Chillicothe.

The Village of Leesburg is sponsoring a community cleanup event Sept. 21-28.

The third annual Walnut Hill Church of Christ in Christian Union's Veterans Appreciation Dinner will be 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10449 Barger Road, Leesburg.

More than 60 members of the community released 110 butterflies in honor of loved ones at the Community Care Hospice and Ohio’s Hospice of Fayette County Celebrating Life's Stories® Butterfly Release on Aug. 12 at the Sabina Church of Christ.

The John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival is back this fall, returning Oct. 7-8 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8721 Careys Run-Pond Creek Road, Portsmouth.