http://highlandcountypress.com en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:40 GMT Daily feed of articles http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11589 An endangered species is seeing some population resurgence in the southern Ohio area, and while that is positive for the animal and Ohio residents, it is also increasing the frequency in which area residents may encounter the animal. Kevin Behr, a wildlife investigator for ODNR told The Highland County Press this week that bobcat numbers are increasing, which is an indicator that their habitat and environment area improving. In The News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11573 Speaker of the Ohio House William G. Batchelder (R-Medina) has appointed State Representative Cliff Rosenberger to serve on the House Health and Aging Committee. In The News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11565 The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Feb. 2. In The News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:37:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11554 The following is the Greenfield Police Report for Jan. 16-28. In The News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:16:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11547 An increase in tuition, student technology fees, or a combination of both, will be considered by the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees to offset a pending general fund deficit of approximately $900,000. In The News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:09:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11548 State and local elected officials, along with representatives from the "Israeli delegation" toured Clinton and Highland counties Wednesday, with a stop at a Highland area farm. Ohio Rep. Cliff Rosenberger, Majority Whip and Ohio Rep. John Adams, Highland County Commissioners Tom Horst and Jeremy Shaffer, along with other officials, showcased local businesses as trade opportunities for Israel representatives Zvi Herman and Daniel Kutner. In The News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:17:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11542 State Route 32 east in Adams County is now open following its closure earlier today due to an accident. 

The eastbound lanes of the route were closed at the intersection of County Road 198 (Portsmouth Road) early this morning following an accident involving a semi-tractor trailer. In The News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11541 The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two-vehicle fatal traffic crash. In The News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:31:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11536 State Route 32 East in Adams County has been closed near the 18.5-mile marker due to an accident. In The News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11535 The Highland County Board of Commissioners appointed Leo Kuhn, Cheryl Lyle and Donnie Barrera to the Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities during their Feb. 1 meeting. In The News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:35:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11527 West Main Urgent Care, 231 W. Main Street, Hillsboro is celebrating an expansion which enables two practitioners to offer affordable timely medical care during times when most physicians offices are closed. In The News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11522 Ohio EPA will hold a public hearing on Feb. 2 to accept comments about a draft permit issued to the Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) related to wastewater discharges from the J.M. Stuart electric power generating station, located at 745 U.S. Rt. 52 in Aberdeen, and the proposed Carter Hollow Landfill, located off Ginger Ridge Rd., in Sprigg Township. J.M. Stuart discharges cooling water and other wastewaters to Little Threemile Creek, Buzzard’s Roost Creek and the Ohio River. In The News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:55:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11515 Portman: “The American people should be assured that elected officials and their staff don’t profit from information acquired behind closed doors.” In The News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:23:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11509 Brigette Waggoner, a top-producing real estate professional with, Real Living Classic Real Estate, was honored with a national award for exceptional real estate sales performance in 2011. In The News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:58:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11508 Randy Butler, a top-producing real estate professional with Real Living Classic Real Estate, was honored with a national award for exceptional real estate sales performance in 2011. In The News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:56:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11505 The finance committee of Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will meet 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Room 166 of the college's Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. In The News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11492 During a two year period, 2008 and 2009, American Care Medical Transportation, Inc. billed a total of $752,424.21 in Medicaid-paid charges to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Of that amount, the audit found $532,270.55 to be improper. In The News Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11490 Arrested and charged with one count of illegal assembly of chemicals, a felony of the third degree, was Jeffrey L. Garen, 43, of Brush Creek Township. In The News Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:56:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11466 Board of Realtors President Robyn Coomer opened the meeting by discussing a number of legislative issues that will have an impact on the industry. Coomer also said she is excited about 2012 and the real estate market in southern Ohio. She specifically cited the new Wilmington Route 73 bypass and also said she is excited about Hillsboro's new mayor and administration. In The News Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:22:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11461 On Jan. 26 at approximately 7:25 p.m., officers from the Hillsboro Police Department went to a residence in the 300 block of Bigelow Street to serve an arrest warrant on Brandon Johnson. In The News Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11454 The Highland County Board of Elections will begin absentee voting in the office on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Office hours from Jan. 31-March 2 are as follows: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. In The News Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:04:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=11450 Representatives from a national group purchasing firm made a presentation to commissioners Shane Wilkin, Tom Horst and Jeremy Shaffer during their Jan. 25 board meeting. Greg Smith of Scioto County and Joe Flannery of Pittsburgh, spoke on behalf of Amerinet, in hopes of establishing an open-ended, five-year participation commitment from the county. In The News Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:05:00 GMT