Today's Word of the Day is allyship. A word I was happily ignorant of until a recent county commissioners' meeting. Whoever came up with "allyship" must be totally ignorant of the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” (Matthew 7:12). Enough said.

A pre-trial hearing was held Wednesday, April 17 in Highland County Court, Juvenile Division for a 16-year-old male who is alleged to have had recent sexual contact with a child under the age of 13 and faces the equivalent of first-degree felony rape and a third-degree felony charge of gross sexual imposition.

I think it’s time again to consider a Charter for Greenfield. The majority of the current committee’s grievances can best be addressed with a Charter. The council-manager form of government is the fastest-growing form of government in the United States today. It’s also the most prevalent – it’s used by more cities, villages, townships and counties than any other form.

The National Scenic Byway Foundation congratulates the Amish Country Byway of Ohio as a winner of the 2024 Byway Award for Leveraging Resources. This is one of the Foundation’s eight national awards presented annually.

The Greenfield Exempted Village School District Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Rainsboro Elementary Cafeteria.

On April 15, Greenfield Council President Phil Clyburn met with The Highland County Press and encouraged voters to maintain support for the city manager form of government. Clyburn said as he understands it, if the village returns to a mayoral form of government, voters will have to elect a new mayor, city auditor and law director. Prior to that vote in November, Clyburn said Greenfield would first have a special election to determine its form of government.

The current objectives of the Biden Administration and the DNC are too obvious and too cynical for the serious voter. They are only about getting votes for Biden.

The Hillsboro City School Board of Education will meet in regular session Monday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Board of Education office, 39 Willettsville Pike, for the regular board meeting and executive session if necessary.

Now, armed with new knowledge, we can take what we have learned from that experience and apply it to a new government that will serve us better than anything we have yet seen. It's going to be an exciting year.

After six years of honorable service to the village of Greenfield, Todd Wilkin's fate ought not to come down to petty politics or ulterior agendas. By all accounts, Wilkin has served Greenfield well, regardless of any pending actions by council on April 9.

50 years ago today, the South and part of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys were devastated by one of the most significant weather events in U.S. history. Infamously known as the 1974 Super Outbreak, which lasted from April 3-4, 1974, the Outbreak was the first on record to produce more than 100 tornadoes in a 24-hour period. The onslaught resulted in the loss of 335 lives and $600 million in damages.

Mason Williams, 26, of Eaton, was charged with two counts of sexual battery and one count of tampering with evidence. Each count is a third-degree felony.

The St. Vincent dePaul Society of St. Mary Catholic Church in Hillsboro will be holding two outreach days in April at the Parish Hall at 119 E. Walnut St. in Hillsboro.

Greenfield Historical Society will have a special Sunday dinner to mark the 150th anniversary of the Shiloh Baptist Church. The event will be held Sunday, April 7 at the Grain & Hay Building at the corner of McArthur Way and Jefferson Street.

Two special prosecutors have been appointed in the ongoing investigation of former Highland County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Brandon Stratton “for the purpose of assisting in and reviewing an investigation into possible alleged criminal offenses and, if warranted, prosecuting any alleged criminal changes or indictments that may result from that investigation,” reads an order signed by Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss.