These incidents have been reported by the HPD.

Roughly $4.5 billion in contracts have been awarded to expand border wall construction, including adding advanced technological surveillance along the southwest border. 

Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels revisited several topics of recent discussion during a brief meeting Wednesday, Oct. 8, including taking action on a proposal to eliminate the local Family & Children First Council.

Over objections from local government groups, school associations and social groups, two pieces of Ohio’s ongoing property tax reform puzzle are moving ahead. The state Senate now gets a plan to allow a county budget commission to change a tax levy and reduce its millage if the commission thinks a taxing authority is collecting too much.

U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Arizona, wants Democrats to “come to their senses” and end the government shutdown. Hamadeh told The Center Square that Democrats’ reasons for the federal shutdown keep changing. That includes Democrats representing Arizona on Capitol Hill.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has announced the members of a new working group that will examine how state and local governments provide emergency services at Ohio's 76 state parks. 

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today joined Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Ross County Commissioner David Glass, Former Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Robin Bernstein, Co-Owner John Todoroki, and local leaders at the Pixelle Paper Mill site to announce its sale to the U.S. Paper Mill Company LLC, with the U.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC) beginning operations as the incoming tenant. This acquisition will ultimately lead to the creation of hundreds of local jobs.

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!” – Maria Corina Machado.

Highland County officially launched its participation in the America 250-Ohio commemoration with a community Heritage Tree Planting Ceremony at Liberty Park in Hillsboro on Friday, Sept. 26. 

Americans can look forward to bigger standard deductions on their 2026 taxes and higher standard deductions on their 2025 taxes, thanks to inflation and the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

A federal grand jury in Virginia on Thursday indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges.

The University of Cincinnati Clermont College has been selected as one of seven pilot institutions for the College Autism Network’s inaugural Autism-Inclusive Campus Designation — the first of its kind in North America.

Former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party Matt Borges, who was convicted for his role in the $60 million bribery scheme involving FirstEnergy and Ohio House Bill 6, has been released from prison after serving less than half of his five-year sentence.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined a bipartisan resolution led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemning Hamas for killing dozens of Americans and taking many others hostage on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel.