Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has issued a report indicating that more than 60,000 concealed carry licenses were issued in Ohio in 2010.

The Highland County Chapter of the NRA will be holding its annual fundraiser dinner banquet on Saturday, March 19 at 6 p.m. at the AMVETS Post #61 located at 11541 North Shore Drive. For information about ticket purchases, please contact Jerry Miller at (937) 764-1238.

Misspent public money and salary overpayments spurred the issuing of $37,293 in findings for recovery against the former fiscal officer of the Village of Jacksonville in Athens County.

'While the unemployment rates in areas of the Third District exceed 14 percent, this burdensome provision in the president’s healthcare bill requires businesses to file a separate Form 1099 whenever they conduct a transaction with a vendor in excess of $600 a year. That means each time a company buys a plane ticket, spends money at the local gas station, or buys coffee from a corner shop for employees – if it’s over $600 throughout the year, there’s now a form to fill out. Without repeal, this will affect over 800,000 businesses across Ohio.'

Air Force Airman Gabrielle N. Boone graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

On Feb. 28, the Hillsboro Police Department investigated the following accidents.

Kenny Juillerat, Jr. and brother Klayton Juillerat were both awarded the prestigious President’s Club Sales Award from the Ohio Realtors Association.

The Southern State Singers will present “A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That” spring concert 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13, in Room 107 of Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The event is free and open to the public.

It was reported in a Feb. 26 news release from Ohio Gov. John Kasich's office, that state and local governments would have saved an estimated $1.3 billion in 2010 on health insurance and automatic pay increases if the limits imposed by Senate Bill 5 were in effect last year.

Former Ohio Senate President Doug White of Manchester will serve as a member of the Ohio Expositions Commission for a term beginning Feb. 24, 2011 and ending Dec. 1, 2016.

An Ohio Senate panel has approved a bill to allow schools two additional calamity days for the 2010-11 academic year.

Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder will be the guest speaker at the 2011 Highland County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner on Thursday, Feb. 24 at the First United Methodist Church, 133 East Walnut St., Hillsboro.

The weather may still be rainy and cold, but the Festival of the Bells committee is in full swing preparing for hot summer nights of music, food and family fun in the streets of downtown Hillsboro.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine testified last week before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee regarding the astronomical amount of U.S. taxpayer dollars going to pay for attorney fees to defend Fannie Mae and its former executives. At least $132 million has been spent by taxpayers on legal fees in the case so far, and the tab keeps rising.

An employee was overpaid and held two positions at the same time in the village of Richwood according to the results of an audit released by Auditor of State Dave Yost.