The Hillsboro Finance Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. at city hall has been canceled.

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday upheld a federal law that bars people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning a firearm.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for June 22-24.

Since Jan. 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Cincinnati have seized eight shipments containing equine performance enhancing drugs. The packages arrived from Mexico and were destined to multiple individuals throughout the U.S., some with nexus to racing or other horse performance venues.

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced recently to 45 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement, destroying government property and other charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

A resident of Youngstown, Ohio has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pa. on firearms charges, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced recently.

An employee of an armored truck company that delivered cash to bank branches and ATMs pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to embezzling money as a bank agent.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently celebrated the beginning of construction for the Lake Loramie State Park Welcome Center with a groundbreaking ceremony.

TikTok and its parent company argued Thursday in a federal court in the District of Columbia that the recently enacted law forcing a nationwide ban or sale of the popular platform violates the First Amendment.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, with assistance from the Middletown Police Department, the Butler County OVI Task Force and the Ohio Department of Transportation, conducted an OVI checkpoint June 21 from 9 p.m. to midnight on Roosevelt Boulevard in the City of Middletown in Butler County.

Biogas projects at wastewater plants serving Columbus and Cincinnati will offset roughly 50,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas annually, according to city officials.

A Hillsboro man was sentenced recently to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree felony drug trafficking charge.

A new committee is trying to get an equal rights amendment enshrined in the Ohio Constitution.

A Lynchburg woman was sentenced last week to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of endangering children and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

The Democratic National Committee has taken a significant step toward formally designating Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee before the Democratic convention in August — a move they’re making to place him on the Ohio ballot for November’s election, States Newsroom has been told.