WHITEOAK WILDCATSSouthern Hills Athletic Conference (SHAC)Head Coach: Chris Veidt (35th year)2025 Overall Record: 13-10 (6-6 SHAC Div. II)Last Conference Championship: 2023 (SHAC Div. II) The 2026 Whiteoak Wildcats baseball team starts the season with a roster of 13 players as they look to gain a…

Although Highland County has been on an upward trend of record permissive sales tax receipts since 2020, the county reached a new milestone this month by surpassing $1 million for one month, as announced at Highland County commissioners’ Wednesday, March 25 meeting. According to the monthly…

The success of the 2025-26 high school boys basketball season was on full display this week, as the All-Ohio lists were released by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association (OPSMA), and Highland County was well-represented with four boys basketball players selected. Three Highland County high…

After falling in a five-inning game to the Miami Trace Lady Panthers, the McClain Lady Tigers hosted their Frontier Athletic Conference rival the following evening, winning by a 14-13 score at Daryle Unger Field at Mitchell Park in Greenfield.  McClain (1-1) fell to the Lady Panthers on Wednesday…

Generous donations from the community led to a near-record high total — and the highest amount in close to two decades — collected at the Hillsboro and Greenfield Rotary Clubs’ annual Ernie Blankenship Radio-Telethon Wednesday, March 28, with an unofficial $188,849 raised to benefit the Highland…

EBER — The McClain Lady Tigers saved their best for the top of the fifth inning, but the young squad was just a little late in their breakout inning, falling to the host Miami Trace Lady Panthers, 13-3 in five innings at Miami Trace High School.  The game was the 2026 season opener and Frontier…

Highland County Veterans Services and Sons of the American Revolution will host a National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 29 at the Hillsboro Eagles Aerie 1161. A wreath-laying ceremony will follow at the Highland County Veterans Memorial at the courthouse. Prior to…

The Fairfield Lady Lions added another win for the 2026 season as they traveled to Pike County to defeat the Western Latham Lady Indians by a 14-1 score in five innings Tuesday evening.  The win on March 24 saw the Lady Lions total eight hits, and they had one error. Western totaled three hits. …

By Brett Rowland The Center Square NASA has abandoned its plans to build a lunar-orbiting space station and will instead use those resources to construct a $20 billion permanent base on the moon, scheduled for completion within seven years. This major policy shift is outlined in NASA's new…