WILMINGTON, OHIO--Dr. Glenn Rogers, a member of the CMH Medical Staff who practices at East Clinton Medical Services in Sabina, has received a three-year appointment as cancer liaison physician for the cancer program at CMH Regional Health System, including Clinton Memorial Hospital and the Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center.

Starting at the beginning of 2011, the OSU Extension Offices for Adams, Brown and Highland counties will all be open, but things will be different. As we close out 2010 some of the responsibilities will change. With the continued struggles, regardless if we are talking Federal, State or Local, budgets are tight and reductions are a must. In the three counties we will have a 4-H Educator in each county, but there will only be one Family Consumer Sciences Educator and one Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator to serve the three counties.

Highland County Press columnist and Greater Cincinnati area attorney Eric Deters recently dispatched his "Bulldog Nation" news team to Nogales, Arizona for a firsthand look at the criminal activity along the U.S.-Mexico border. To see the video, log on to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-P3EgQs99A

The following is the Greenfield Police Report for Dec. 20-23.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland this week signed into law Senate Bill 235, House Bill 330, and Senate Bill 51. Senate Bill 235 establishes the human trafficking offense in Ohio and strengthens the punishment of those who commit the crime.

Longtime radio sports broadcaster Ernie Blankenship of WCHO and WSRW Radio was honored Dec. 22 just prior to the start of the varsity basketball game between the Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers.

Longtime radio sports broadcaster Ernie Blankenship of WCHO and WSRW Radio was honored Dec. 22 just prior to the start of the varsity basketball game between the Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers.

But the President and the Democratic-led Congress took strong action that avoided the cataclysm that loomed over us. It's easy to say 'the government shouldn't be in the car business.' But the government saved the car business and tens of thousands of jobs in Ohio. The assembly line is running in Lordstown today and they'll be making cars there for generations to come because in the moment that decided our future, steady hands re-wrote the standard of impossibility.

The Highland County Board of Commissioners approved the following resolutions, all by 3-0 votes, at their Dec. 15 meeting.

Barring heavy cloud cover, a total eclipse of the moon will be visible early this week. The full lunar eclipse occurs on the winter solstice (north of the equator), the shortest day of the year.

Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has appointed State Inspector General Tom Charles ad Director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety and Major John Born as Superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

CHILLICOTHE – Crews from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) are working this morning to clear the state highway system, but a powerful winter storm continues to pound the region.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for Dec. 14, 2010.

The Highland County Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited donated $250 to Farmers and Hunters Feeding Hungry to pay processing for donated deer – which, once processed – is then distributed to local food pantries.

The legal battle over President Obama's and the Democrat-controlled Congress' mandatory health insurance legislation appears headed for a Supreme Court showdown.