The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 this week that parents challenging a California policy allowing public schools to withhold information about a student’s gender transition are likely to succeed in their constitutional claims.

The Ohio State Senate passed Senate Bill 87, sponsored by State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), legislation which expands the offense of ethnic intimidation to include riots based on the race, color, religion, or national origin of another person or persons.

SSCC Theatre presents Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off,” playing April 10-12 in the Edward K. Daniels Auditorium on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m.; the Sunday matinee begins at 3:30 p.m.

Both Republicans and Democrats saw defections on the 47-52 vote, with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., opposing the measure and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., supporting it. Most Republicans view Operation Epic fury as a short-term operation against a country that poses a serious threat to the U.S. and its allies and has consistently resisted diplomacy. 

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

"The Committee has found that Minnesota lacked adequate oversight efforts to verify that taxpayer dollars were being used appropriately and could have stopped the flow of money to fraudsters at any time but chose not to for fear of political retribution from the politically active Somali community," the report said.

A former fiscal officer for the Village of New Concord was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $491,880.75 after admitting to the theft of more than $450,000 in public funds.

Lou Holtz, the legendary college football coach who led the University of Notre Dame to the 1988 National Championship, has passed away at the age of 89. 

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced a bill designating the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building.”

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, upheld a lower court ruling that required substantial evidence for an asylum application.

This year's poster child for the 54th annual Ernie Blankenship Radio-Telethon is Avery Smith of Hillsboro. The poster adult is Danielle Keller of Lynchburg. The radio-telethon, conducted by the Hillsboro and Greenfield Rotary Clubs for the benefit of the Highland County Society for Children and Adults, will be Wednesday, March 25 from 7-9 p.m.

Ohio lawmakers appear ready to set up a new commission studying data centers. Business groups believe it can vindicate the industry, while ordinary Ohioans worry time is short to rein in the already out-of-control growth of data centers in the state.

HARA will conduct an “Introduction to Amateur Radio” question-and-answer program at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15 at the Hillsboro Global Methodist Church, 131 East Walnut Street.

Congress has been locked in a stalemate over DHS funding for weeks, with a partial government shutdown going into effect 18 days ago. Since the U.S. began air strikes on Iran over the weekend, six American service members have been killed, a potential terrorist attack was carried out in Austin, Texas, and several U.S. embassies and consulates in the Middle East have been attacked.

A Highland County grand jury handed down 10 indictments in their Tuesday, March 3 session.