The Federal Communications Commission is conducting an industrywide investigation into cell phone billing practices amid complaints by customers.

Sara Lukens, director of the Highland County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a board member of the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, has left the county and is now living in Texas, according to a family member. Highland County Commissioner Shane Wilkin said he has contacted a Convention and Visitors Bureau board member and suggested a meeting be scheduled as soon as possible to address the vacancy.

A former Highland County resident has been sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and other charges, in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.
  According to the office of the Clerk of Courts of the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio, David K. Bliss was sentenced to 37 months in prison on one count, to be served consecutively with a sentence already imposed in another case, and 24 months on the remaining count, to be served consecutively to the other cases, for a total of 61 months in prison.

Roger Barber was the voice of the Quakers for nearly three decades and became a part of the fabric that is Wilmington College athletics. A native of Murray City, Barber attended Ohio University but became an honorary Quaker in 1981 when WKFI radio began broadcasting Wilmington College football games.

Roger Barber was the voice of the Quakers for nearly three decades and became a part of the fabric that is Wilmington College athletics. A native of Murray City, Barber attended Ohio University but became an honorary Quaker in 1981 when WKFI radio began broadcasting Wilmington College football games.

The following are the Hillsboro Police Department reports for Oct. 15-16, 2010.

The Hillsboro Police Department is investigating a meth lab found in a truck in the 700 block of North West Street Sunday, Oct. 17.

Unless another agreement can be reached, the state of Ohio will retry Wesley Coonrod, though it has not been determined what charges he will face.

Coonrod was scheduled to be sentenced Friday after a jury found him guilty, early this week, of two counts of child endangering, felonies of the third degree. The jury was hung on five other charges, including two counts of aggravated murder, arson, and two counts of murder.

Judge Rocky Coss granted a motion by the defense to postpone sentencing until the other charges are adjudicated. Coss said that by sentencing Coonrod he felt that could create legal and appeal issues that are not currently present.

The Lynchburg Village Council has passed an ordinance to establish sewer rates and declare an emergency. According to a news release from Lynchburg Mayor Jeremy Shaffer, he presented Ordinance 2010-16 and supportive information at the Oct. 14 council meeting. The council passed the ordinance unanimously, waiving the three-reading rule.