The Hillsboro Police Department responded to a motor-vehicle accident in the 200 block of East Main Street at approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20.

For the 11th time, U.S. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Monday evening to reopen and fund the federal government, indicating that Republicans’ strategy of waiting out the opposition isn't working. The federal government has remained closed for 20 days now, the third-longest shutdown in U.S. history. 

Green Township in the city of Chillicothe (Ross County) will receive $484,500 in support of the Great Seal Medical Center project.

Monday, Oct. 27 is our next Hoxworth blood drive from 9-11 a.m. and 12:15-1:45 p.m. at the Highland County Health Department, 1487 N. High Street, Hillsboro. 

State Representatives David Thomas (R-Jefferson) and Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) last week provided sponsor testimony during House Local Government Committee on House Bill 493, legislation to ban the sale of delinquent property tax certificates beginning in January 2027.

John  Ferguson Sr.  was born in Ireland in 1757. His Revolutionary War record can be found in the National Archives. 

Sen. Fetterman, who has consistently voted with the Republican-led CR, echoed his counterparts across the aisle and said that any outside issues aside from reopening the government could be dealt with after the lights were turned back on in Washington. "It was wrong to shut it down in March," he said. "I'm in the same position. It's not going to change. Everything else we're talking about,  open up the government first, and then we can figure out the rest."

The 58th annual Fall Festival of Leaves returned Oct. 16-19 in downtown Bainbridge, with a full slate of entertainment, crafts and contests planned as well as the opportunity to view beautiful fall foliage in “Leaf Country USA.”

Hillsboro City Council continued discussions of a now-revised ordinance to adjust compensation for non-union city employees during their Thursday, Oct. 16 meeting.

President Donald Trump hosted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday afternoon, in hopes of inching Ukraine and Russia closer to peace.

After six months’ worth of meetings at Southern State Community College, Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels debuted their new meeting room at the Highland County Administration Building Wednesday, Oct. 15.

At the October meeting of the Lynchburg-Clay Local School District Board of Education, board members honored longtime Lynchburg-Clay educators Tom and Joe Wills for their accomplishments here in the district.

Two Ohio lawmakers want a local judge removed from office for making public statements about the death of Charlie Kirk.