Former Hillsboro City Council member Kevin D. Chambers died Saturday morning at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He was 48.

The Highland County Board of Realtors elected new officers for 2010 during their annual Christmas party meeting Dec. 10 at the Hillsboro Ponderosa Banquet Center.

The Highland County Board of Realtors elected new officers for 2010 during their annual Christmas party meeting Dec. 10 at the Hillsboro Ponderosa Banquet Center.

Highland County Flood Risk Information Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 4-7 p.m. in the large conference room at the Highland County Administration Building, 114 Governor Foraker Place, Hillsboro.

The Lynchburg-Clay FFA Chapter will be hosting the annual Greg Wilkin Memorial Scholarship Basketball Tournament on December 28 and 29 at the Lynchburg-Clay High School Gymnasium.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Attorney General Richard Cordray’s office have received widespread reports of a national scheme targeting recipients of unemployment compensation benefits in Ohio.

Volunteer “elves” are working overtime, as the Hillsboro chapter of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program has spent the past few weeks preparing for the holiday season.

Greenfield interim city manager Betty Bishop met with the Highland County Board of Commissioners Wednesday for an open discussion on economic development.

Robert Wright of Sardinia was one of more than 4,000 military and civilian participants who recently converged on Camp Atterbury's Joint Maneuver Training Center, along with the nearby Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, and its surrounding communities in southern Indiana to test their emergency response

capabilities.

Robert Wright of Sardinia was one of more than 4,000 military and civilian participants who recently converged on Camp Atterbury's Joint Maneuver Training Center, along with the nearby Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, and its surrounding communities in southern Indiana to test their emergency response

capabilities.

More than 160 area families and approximately 600 individuals received an early Christmas gift Tuesday morning, courtesy of the Freestore Foodbank.

Governor Ted Strickland and Ohio Department of Development Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel today announced that six Ohio communities will receive $2.4 million to assist with the revitalization of their central business districts.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning today for all of Highland County.

Despite the cold temperatures Saturday, spirits were bright as the Lynchburg community, in conjunction with the Freestore Foodbank of Cincinnati, met under the water tower on Pearl Street in Lynchburg to hand out 10,000 pounds of food December 5 to assist income-eligible families.

Agricultural Business students from the Hillsboro and Lynchburg FFA chapters practiced real-life situations during the Agricultural Reality store. A simulation activity was conducted where students were assigned a 300-acre farm to manage and were awarded start-up capital based upon their grade point averages.