A Highland County woman was sentenced this month to 10 years in prison, with credit for time served, after pleading guilty to her role in a federal drug conspiracy.

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County next week.

Tickets are still available for the Highland County Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting and dinner on Thursday, May 18, at The Barn at Hidden Ridge.

Ohio State Fair officials have announced the 2023 Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Board. The 2023 Junior Fair Board (JFB) is comprised of 20 young Ohioans from 12 Ohio counties.

With apologies to Yogi Berra, it was déjà vu all over again Wednesday, April 26 during the Highland County commission meeting. Individuals from the Village of Greenfield attended a third meeting this month to discuss a federal funding request, while Greenfield City Manager Todd Wilkin and county commissioners engaged in their third public disagreement over finances — on four separate issues — in the past five months.

A pretrial hearing in the reckless homicide case against former Highland County deputy sheriff Jonathan Dustin Malone was held Tuesday afternoon, hours after Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss filed an entry denying a motion to dismiss the case.

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce donated a complete set of author Amanda Radke’s children’s books to Highland County youth organizations, as a thank-you for helping with their Ag is Everyone’s Business event that was recently held.

As Mackenzie Edison marked her one-year anniversary as Highland County land bank coordinator, the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation board discussed and celebrated the successes of two state grant programs throughout their Thursday, April 20 meeting.

On Tuesday, April 18, the Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA) recognized Ohio’s top students from across the state during the 34th Annual Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Awards Program, held at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, following the OESCA’s annual spring meeting.

Dr. Corey Cockerill begins each academic year with a new guiding mantra. Last summer, she selected “Focus Over Hustle.” Little could she imagine then that nine months later, she would be Wilmington College’s interim president.

The Highland Harvesters 4-H club held a meeting at the Leesburg Community Building April 16.

The Village of Dundee, Mich. Police Department is reporting a fraud investigation that resulted in the apprehension of two individuals.

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County during the week of April 24.

Local teens are ready to learn the value of work as the 2023 Summer Youth Work Program gears up for another year.