Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has outlined priority legislation for the Ohio General Assembly to carefully consider while in session for the next several weeks.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. has reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010, as compared with results for the first quarter of 2009.

Some of the properties owned by the bankrupt Brown Publishing, which owns two Highland County publications, The Times-Gazette and the County Shopper, may end up with familiar ownership. Under the headline, "Inside job," The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. reports on its website, "Previously unidentified, the bidder seeking to buy most of the assets of {Brown} knows exactly what it's getting into. The group is made up of three top executives from the current owner, Ohio-based Brown Publishing Co., which sought bankruptcy protection late last month."

It has been three years since a community lined the streets of Hillsboro to welcome home a fallen hometown hero. Since then, a day has not gone by that the family of PFC Zachary R. Gullett doesn’t think about him and his sacrifice he made for his country.

Brown Media Holdings Co. and Brown Publishing Co., the owner of two Highland County publications, The Times-Gazette and the County Shopper, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief and plan to sell their assets to a bidder chosen by the companies, The Associated Press reported May 1.

Southern State Community College is facing four vacancies to its board of trustees before 2010 commencement and is anticipating replacement appointments by Gov. Ted Strickland’s office. However, depending on Strickland’s choice of board members, Fayette County could be left without representation.

Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Roger Kline spoke out on behalf of Highland County Clerk of Courts Paulette Donley at Wednesday's meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners. Kline, who was accompanied by court administrator Aaron McHenry, expressed concerns over insufficient staffing at the clerk's office,specifically as it relates to appeals cases.

The defense attorneys of a Greenfield man facing capital murder charges in the deaths of his two sons have filed a motion for a change of venue, as Highland County has been so "saturated with the facts underlying this case."
    William J. Mooney and Jerry L. McHenry, of the Ohio Public Defender's Office, filed a motion on behalf of Wesley Coonrod in Highland County Common Pleas Court on April 23 that "respectfully requests that this court order a change of venue for this case in order to ensure that Mr. Coonrod receives a fair trial before a jury untainted by pre-trial publicity."

Tiffany Tehan, the Xenia mother who went missing for several days last week, before being found in Miami, Fla., with another man, returned to Ohio Saturday.

When contact this week by The Highland County Press, the governor's office said it has yet to name a replacement for Don Gephart on the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees. Gephart, of Blanchester, resigned from the board in February, citing health reasons. The nine-member board has been operating with eight members, including just one from Adams and Clinton counties, since that time.