With Hillsboro VFW Post 9094 Commander Rick Wilkin serving as master of ceremonies, the Memorial Day observance in uptown Hillsboro included participation by Alberta Duncan and the Hillsboro High School band, who performed the National Anthem; local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, who led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance; and Bill Siddons and George Steward, who conducted lowering of the American flag to half-staff.

With Hillsboro VFW Post 9094 Commander Rick Wilkin serving as master of ceremonies, the Memorial Day observance in uptown Hillsboro included participation by Alberta Duncan and the Hillsboro High School band, who performed the National Anthem; local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, who led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance; and Bill Siddons and George Steward, who conducted lowering of the American flag to half-staff.

Ohio Expositions Commission member and former southern Ohio lawmaker Doug White of Manchester will be honored by the Ohio Agricultural Council (OAC) on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, when he is inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame.

With buzzards circling overhead, the stench of dead and decaying white bass permeated a small boat dock on the eastern edge of Rocky Fork Lake Thursday morning. At a cove just off McCoppin Mill Road, hundreds of dead fish dotted the shore line.

With buzzards circling overhead, the stench of dead and decaying white bass permeated a small boat dock on the eastern edge of Rocky Fork Lake Thursday morning. At a cove just off McCoppin Mill Road, hundreds of dead fish dotted the shore line.

The 2012-13 Ohio Cattlemen’s Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) Program wrapped up on May 11 with its annual awards banquet held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. Lydia Dance of Hillsboro won Grand Champion Angus Heifer.

Legislation sponsored by State Senator Bob Peterson (R-Sabina) that aims to allow qualified government entities to save money and time by using an Agreed Upon Procedure (AUP) Audit was approved today by the Ohio Senate.

Kevin M. Murphy has joined Adena Health System as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has more than 22 years of experience as a CFO in the health care industry.

The Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Region of the American Red Cross is preparing their Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV) for deployment to Oklahoma. The American Red Cross has already opened 6 shelters and deployed 27 ERVs and several mobile feeding support trailers in the wake of the devastating tornadoes that shattered the state.

Air Force Airman Cody R. Johnson graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The Fort Hill Christian Youth Camp will begin its 62nd summer of service with a four-day Family Retreat from Friday, May 24 until Monday, May 27. This is a spiritual retreat for families who desire a fun- and worship-filled holiday weekend in the heart of Brush Creek Township in southeast Highland County at the 110-acre Fort Hill Christian Youth Camp.

The Fort Hill Christian Youth Camp will begin its 62nd summer of service with a four-day Family Retreat from Friday, May 24 until Monday, May 27. This is a spiritual retreat for families who desire a fun- and worship-filled holiday weekend in the heart of Brush Creek Township in southeast Highland County at the 110-acre Fort Hill Christian Youth Camp.

Representative Brad Wenstrup this week voted for the full repeal of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Wenstrup, a cosponsor of H.R. 45, has been active in working to repeal provisions of the law since his support of Ohio’s Health Care Freedom Amendment in 2011.

"The IRS’s recent actions have at least the appearance of injecting partisan politics into what is supposed to be an impartial process and causes us, and the American public, to question the integrity of the IRS administration and their ability to impartially uphold the nation’s tax laws.”