Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on Jan. 1, 2013 to $7.85 per hour for non-tipped employees and to $3.93 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips. The 2012 Ohio minimum wage is $7.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.85 for tipped employees, plus tips.

On Oct. 14 at Yeatman’s Cove in Cincinnati, Jerry Haag Motors employees, friends and family will join the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. At this year’s walk, the dealership is helping to take a step in the right direction toward finding a cure for breast cancer.

The Leesburg Lions Club is hosting the Harlem Wizards for a fun evening of basketball on Monday, Nov. 5, at the Fairfield Local High School gymnasium.

Highland County Commissioner Jeremy Shaffer is among several possible candidates for the position of Greenfield city (village) manager. Shaffer, who was elected county commissioner in the 2010 general election, said he has no plans to resign as commissioner.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a historic $2.43 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit with Bank of America over claims it made, and information it omitted, about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch that led to losses for the bank's investors, including the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.

Henry County Commissioner Richard Myers was indicted this week by a Henry County Grand Jury on one count of felony unlawful interest in a public contract, following an investigation by the Auditor of State’s office.

The village of Greenfield received excellent news today with word that an Economic Development Administration grant for rail line improvements has been approved. "We are elated!" Greenfield City Manager Betty Bishop told The Highland County Press this afternoon.

The village of Greenfield received excellent news today with word that an Economic Development Administration grant for rail line improvements has been approved. "We are elated!" Greenfield City Manager Betty Bishop told The Highland County Press this afternoon.

Faris Parker is in police custody after a chase from John Street to Welcome Road early Wednesday morning.

The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a one-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on SR 221 in the area of mile post #1, Lewis Township, Brown County.

At approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, a single-vehicle accident occurred in the 10000 block of S.R. 138 near Rattlesnake Creek in Greenfield. The vehicle crossed the center line, veering off the roadway and striking a stone driveway culvert. Both airbags were deployed.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that claim forms are going out to 64,428 Ohio borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011 and who may be eligible for payment under the $25 billion National Mortgage Foreclosure settlement.

The following are arrests and citations for the Hillsboro Police Department for Sept. 16-23.

The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded UC Clermont College a $250,000 grant for the college’s Manufacturing Technology Center.

Hillsboro Middle School sixth-grader Dylan Boone threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds/Los Angeles Dodgers game Sunday, Sept. 23.