Heather Gibson said the local Help Me Grow Program has been asked to take over home visits in Clinton County for up to 25 families. The program provides in-home care for first-time mothers, children in situations with abuse or neglect, and military families.

The Paint Creek Joint EMS and Fire District board has voted to place a substation for Liberty Township in the former Hillsboro city building and longtime fire station. The former Hillsboro city building is owned by Hillsboro Mayor Drew Hastings, according to the latest tax reports on file at the Highland County Auditor's Office.

At 8:42 a.m., Greenfield Police officers responded to a reported stabbing in the 400 block of Jefferson St., Greenfield.

The Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District Board of Trustees is considering three locations for its Liberty Township substation. The board has received information on a West Main Street property in Hillsboro, the former Hillsboro city building on Governor Trimble Place and North High Street and the former Chuck Wait Tire location on U.S. 62 south.

Celebrating its 30th year in business, J D Equipment, Inc. is pleased to announce its expansion in the global market for used agricultural equipment.

Two Hillsboro residents are under investigation in Brown County after officers say they found them making meth in a motel room.

Two Hillsboro residents are under investigation in Brown County after officers say they found them making meth in a motel room.

Due to an increase in thefts and vandalism of privately owned boats docked at Rocky Fork State Park, officials are working to establish a new program of increased security.

Highland County Women’s Hall of Fame committee members Sue Smith, Debbie Rhude and Cathy Jones have announced that the 2012 Hall of Fame inductees are: Jeannie Snapp, Kathy Levo, Margaret Victoria Moomaw-Cooper-Dieringer (dec.) and Sue Ludwick Smith.

House Bill 194 would have stopped in person early voting on the weekends of October 6-7 and 13-14 and on Sundays all day and Saturdays after 12:00 noon, as well as the last 3 days before the election.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a serious injury gyro-copter crash. The crash occurred on Aug. 25 at 3:30 p.m. on a private airstrip in Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio.

Former Highland County Board of Elections Director Zelma Furnish has passed away.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has announced the addition of 268 contiguous parcels to an Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) quarantine zone in Clermont County.

Hillsboro City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the Municipal Courtroom in the Highland County Justice Center.

Highland County Sheriff's Office Det. Randy Sanders was the lone witness to testify in a hearing Thursday morning for Matthew Kaleb Pierson in Hillsboro Municipal Court before Judge David McKenna. During his testimony, Sanders told the court that Pierson, 18, admitted to causing the death of his 5-year-old niece at a Flat Run Road home in Jackson Township.