Rocky Fork State Park, west of Hillsboro, in conjunction with the Visitors Bureau of Highland County, celebrated their new archery range with a ribbon cutting from the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, along with members of the community on April 11. Rocky Fork State Park is located at 9800 North Shore Drive, Hillsboro.

Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels heard updates on county permissive sales tax receipts, OhioMeansJobs statistics and a proposed new fitness court, plus made approvals for a number of county offices, at their Wednesday, April 23 meeting.

The Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently awarded more than $53,000 in scholarships to 36 students across Ohio through the OABA Educational Trust, the George Greenleaf Agri-Industry Endowment and the OABA Endowed Scholarship Fund. The OABA Educational Trust scholarship program annually awards scholarship dollars to students enrolled in an agriculture-related field attending The Ohio State University and Ohio State’s Agricultural Technical Institute, Clark State College and Wilmington College.

Recent individual and school honors were discussed at the Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education’s Monday, April 21 meeting, as the meeting also included numerous employment approvals.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for April 19-20.

As we enter this exciting time of year, the Hillsboro FFA hallway is once again covered with posters showcasing the candidates running for a position on the 2025-26 Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA Officer Team. Each candidate undergoes a comprehensive four-step process consisting of an Application, Interview, Vote and FFA Knowledge Test.

Despite receiving two letters in support of a proposed water rate increase, Hillsboro City Council members voted to table legislation to that effect on its third reading Wednesday, April 16.

Legislation to seek bids for the demolition of the former Gross-Feibel building and to pave Harry Sauner Road were among the items approved by Hillsboro City Council members at their Wednesday, April 16 meeting.

Two Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA chapter officers attended the annual Telethon event supporting the Highland County area.

Every year, the Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA chapter puts on an awards ceremony for its members and invited guests. Each year, a few supporters are selected to receive the honorary membership into the Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA chapter because of their extraordinary contributions to our organization. This year, the recipients of this high honor were Rick Hometown TV & Appliances - Rick Kisling, Chuck Williams and Jeff and Marie Richmond.

Two former area school district employees were sentenced this month in a child endangering and assault case, including a former paraprofessional sentenced to prison for child endangering.

Tuesday and Wednesday saw the Hillsboro Lady Indians gain consecutive wins over the Miami Trace Lady Panthers in a home-and-home series, resulting in HHS defeating MTHS 7-0, then by a 9-7 score the following day.

Going into the seventh inning on Tuesday evening (April 15), the Hillsboro Indians held a two-run lead, needing just three outs to secure a Frontier Athletic Conference win. That scenario was on the table as the Indians had a fifth-inning surge of scoring with clutch hitting and base running that left them ahead by a 7-5 score.

Ohio Primetime 2028 - Team Utter, composed of girls from Highland County and surrounding counties, competed in the GBA 9th Grade Division State Championship in Mason, Ohio during the weekend of April 12-23. After a daunting four games, they finished as runners-up, losing to an Under Armour Circuit team Mid-West Takeover 2028.