The Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation will be having an emergency meeting tomorrow Friday, May 22 at 8 a.m. in the commission chambers on the second floor of the Highland County Administration Building at 119 Governor Foraker Place, Hillsboro. The board will consider a professional services agreement.
Data center developers are increasingly targeting agricultural land for new projects, and residents in affected communities are mounting opposition, concerned about the industrialization of their farmland.
The District 13-OH6 Lions Convention was held recently in Blue Ash. The Lynchburg Lions Club received several special awards in recognition of its community service and Lions promotion projects.
House Bill 413 would require political subdivisions across Ohio to submit both expenditure and revenue information to be added to the Ohio Checkbook database, a public online resource that allows taxpayers to see how government funds are collected and spent.
Indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost accuse five Medicaid providers of stealing a combined $542,176 from the government health-care program for the needy. Three additional people face charges for allegedly stealing from nursing home residents.
Proposed resolutions in the Ohio legislature would give citizens the chance to make voter photo identification, already required by state law for in-person voting, a part of the state constitution as well.
“As executive director of the Visitors Bureau of Highland County, I am incredibly proud to see Appalachian Ohio come together under the Ohio’s Rolling Hills brand," said Jamie Wheeler, executive director of the Visitors Bureau of Highland County.
