The 2024 Highland County Fair is underway and continues through Saturday, Sept. 7.

In a divided country where emotions are running high, voters in Georgia and elsewhere will soon take to the polls.

The 2024 Highland County Fair is underway and continues through Saturday, Sept. 7.

The busiest U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector at the northern border continues to break records in apprehensions with foreign nationals coming from 85 countries to Canada to illegally enter the U.S. In less than 10 months, Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 15,000 foreign nationals from 85 countries who all illegally entered the U.S. through Canada, the greatest volume reported in this time period in recorded history.

Monday, Sept. 2 is Senior Citizens Day and veterans are admitted free.

In a mirror of national politics, California Republicans followed former President Donald Trump’s lead by proposing to end taxes on tips. While Vice President Kamala Harris, who formerly represented California in the U.S. Senate, embraced the measure, California Democrats said no, shooting down the proposed amendment in the California Senate.

Harris has previously said she supports a ban on fracking, offshore drilling, and plastic straws. She also said she supports passing the Green New Deal, which includes a treasure trove of far-left energy policies. Harris’ inconsistency on the fracking issue has drawn criticism.

Another lifelong Democrat has joined the Republican Party in Texas, this time, state Rep. Shawn Thierry of Houston.

While the economy remains all respondents’ top concern in both states, the issue of immigration has fallen in importance, replaced by “threats to democracy” and housing affordability.  

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will observe Ohio’s fourth annual Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of human remains, located in a wood line adjacent to Interstate 71 South near Milepost 64 in Jasper Township.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) has been awarded a $15 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the FY22-23 Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.

Hate crimes have skyrocketed in New York over the past five years, according to a new report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, which revealed nearly half of the incidents reported last year targeted Jewish people. 

Highland County 4-H was well represented at the Ohio State Fair from special interest projects to livestock.

A lawsuit is challenging a federal rule that three states and trade organizations say could hamper oil and gas exploration and production for small, independent operators on the outer continental shelf.