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Two-day Westheimer Peace Symposium to highlight mass incarceration

The 36th annual Westheimer Peace Symposium centers on “peace and social justice,” with a focus on mass incarceration. A Wilmington College signature event, the Oct. 6 and 7 symposium is titled “Peace Through Human Dignity: Justice, Mass Incarceration and Immigration Detention in the United States.” The multi-program event is free and open to the public.
Highland County commissioners proclaim Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades proclaimed October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Highland County during their Wednesday, Sept. 23 meeting.
Grants coming to Head Start programs in Ohio, other states after years of funding struggles
Head Start programs across Ohio are getting grant money from the federal government, a boost after turmoil and funding uncertainty since early 2025.
How the end of USAID eroded global environmental goals

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Highland County GOP announces 2026 fair booth winners
The Highland County Republican Party's 2026 fair booth winners were announced.
Women on parole face higher rates of mental health, housing challenges
Women on parole report higher rates of housing instability, poor health and serious mental health and substance use disorders than men on parole and women who weren’t on parole, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice.
Former US Congressman Tim Ryan named to National Commission on AI and the Future of the American Workforce
Former U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan has been named one of 20 commissioners to the National Commission on AI and the Future of the American Workforce, a bipartisan initiative co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
Technology rules approved for NCAA baseball
Rules addressing technology in baseball were approved by the NCAA Division I Baseball Oversight Committee and the Division II and Division III Playing Rules Oversight Panel last month.
Chillicothe man charged with felonious assault
The Washington Court House Police Department recently announced felonious assault charges against a man accused of firing a weapon at law enforcement officers at an area business.
Potpourri 
The Democrats have managed to gather all sorts of characters under their tent, all not good for the overall health of the country. Democratic Socialists, Muslims, Abolitionist Movement (seeks to replace or substantially dismantle existing systems of policing, prisons and incarceration), Green New Deal activists, and anti-capitalists activists.  
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