Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted Wednesday announced the 34 schools receiving awards through the second round of the Career Technical Education Equipment Grant Program.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik Friday announced nearly $50 million in grant funding for brownfield remediation and building demolition across the state.

During Hunger Action Month, Adams, Brown and Highland County community organizations connected with The Ohio State University (OSU) and the local OSU Extension teams for food kindness. These counties have a combined food insecurity rate of 52.8 percent (Feeding America, 2022).

Fussnecker & Sons Tractor Sales, located at 842 South High Street in Hillsboro, celebrated their official grand opening with the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, Brown County Chamber of Commerce, along with family, friends and members of the community, on Sept. 14.

Southern State Community College is excited to announce a 5.7-percent increase in student enrollment for the 2024 fall semester. Gains of 10.5 percent in College Credit Plus (CCP) enrollment and 0.4-percent increase in non-CCP hours suggest that the College continues to rely heavily on CCP enrollment while holding non-CCP enrollment steady.

A Mount Orab man was sentenced last week to a minimum of 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts related to child pornography.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik Thursday announced a state investment of $50 million in support of a broadband expansion project designed to improve internet coverage at approximately 38,000 addressable locations in southwest Ohio — serving 13,000 households and over 30,000 people who have no service today.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Brown County Friday, Aug. 9.

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County during the week of July 28.

The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board approved $22,704,702 in grants to support Ohio artists, nonprofits, arts and cultural organizations, students and educators, and public arts programming at its July 24 meeting.

On Monday morning, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 253, designating 85 miles of Ohio roadway from Greene County to Brown County as the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor.

An area man was sentenced to prison this month in connection with a Highland County Common Pleas Court case from 2019, over four years after pleading guilty to a fourth-degree felony.

Southern State Community College is excited to announce Kids Career Encounter, a Summer Enrichment Program taking place June 24-27.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Friday that nearly three dozen local drug task forces in Ohio are receiving state support for their work to disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention and recovery.

State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) announced the investment of more than $20 million into the 14th Senate District. These funds will boost major projects that will help transform Appalachian communities.