With the 2024 Great Midwest Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Summit held recently in Columbus, the Great Midwest SAAC Executive Board was voted upon by the SAAC members in attendance via a secret ballot during the annual business meeting.

A Seaman man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday, Sept. 30, after a jury seated in Highland County Common Pleas Court found him guilty of three first-degree felony counts of rape, including one count with a specification the victim was under the age of 10.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced a list of appointments Friday, Sept. 27, with two Southern State Community College trustees among those reappointed.

A Seaman woman who pleaded guilty in August to theft of nearly $420,000 from a Highland County business owner was sentenced in Wednesday, Sept. 25 in Highland County Common Pleas Court to three years of community control, plus three months in jail.

One hour into a second jury trial for theft from a person in a protected class, a Seaman woman entered a guilty plea to an amended charge Tuesday morning in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss declared a mistrial Friday afternoon, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in a theft case involving a Seaman woman.

A Highland County grand jury handed down 20 indictments, including charging a Seaman man with three counts of rape, during their Tuesday, May 7 session.

An area family recently gathered for a five-generation photo.

A Washington Court House man charged with felonious assault and a Seaman woman charged with aggravated theft were among the first indictments handed down by a Highland County grand jury in the 2024 calendar year.