The Kasich-Taylor New Day Committee, which will conduct inauguration ceremonial events for Governor-elect John Kasich and Lt. Governor-elect Mary Taylor, has released the schedule of public events surrounding the Inauguration on Jan. 10, 2011.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Dec. 5-6, 2010.

The calendar still says fall, but the temperatures suggest winter has made an early arrival here in southern Ohio and across the Midwest. The temperature in Hillsboro early Tuesday morning was a brisk 11 degrees outside Merchants National Bank in the city's historic uptown business district.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Dec. 3-5, 2010.

Greenfield Police Report for Dec. 1-2, 2010.

The Hillsboro Bureau of Motor Vehicles is recognized by the Ohio Department of Health’s Save Our Sight (SOS) children’s vision program as one of the top ten donators in Ohio. The Hillsboro Agency collected the second highest donations in the state for the SOS program.

Southern State Community College President Emeritus Dr. Larry Dukes and his wife, Gale, helped to usher in the 2010 holiday season Saturday, Nov. 27 by serving as this year's grand marshal for the annual Christmas parade.

Southern State Community College President Emeritus Dr. Larry Dukes and his wife, Gale, helped to usher in the 2010 holiday season Saturday, Nov. 27 by serving as this year's grand marshal for the annual Christmas parade.

Debbie Gulley, director of Long Term Care Programs at the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7), was recently recognized at the state level by the Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging (o4a) for her significant contributions to Ohio’s Aging Network.

Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has selected state Sen. Steve Buehrer to be the new administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Buehrer has been in the Ohio Senate since 2007. He previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006.

Air Force Airman Christopher S. Smith graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Young hunters across Ohio again enjoyed success during the seventh annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, November 20-21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Hunters, aged 17 and under, harvested 9,024 deer during the special two-day season, as compared to 9,331 last year.

Thousands of residents in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky experienced power outages on Thanksgiving. Several AEP Ohio customers in southern Highland County and northern Adams County were without electricity from 7 p.m. Thanksgiving until after 3 a.m. Friday, Nov. 26. Many of these homes were in the Fairfax and Belfast areas.

Steve Haag (second from right) of Jerry Haag Motors, North High Street in Hillsboro, recently presented a $2,000 donation to the Highland County 4-H Extension Fund.

Strickland:"By making strategic decisions, we have laid the foundation for a reinvigorated middle class and long-term economic progress in Ohio. We made meaningful reforms in our schools, improving teacher training and our students' critical thinking skills, to unleash the transformative power of education. We established and invested in the University System of Ohio to propel the creative power of innovation. And we invested in high-growth industries and established a competitive tax structure to develop a more business-friendly environment. It's clear that Ohio is poised for growth."