The Community Improvement Corporation of Highland County will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 1 p.m. at 129 North High Street, Hillsboro, in the 2nd floor conference room.

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

“California has spun a web of burdensome laws designed to stop residents from buying ammunition,” Yost said. “The right to bear arms includes the right to buy ammunition – and we’re asking the court to once again declare these laws unconstitutional.”

Today the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved an unopposed settlement agreement to increase the restitution FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities will provide customers as a result of the PUCO’s Nov. 19, 2025 orders in its FirstEnergy/House Bill 6 investigations.

Main Street Downtown Greenfield has scheduled its Path to Freedom walking tour ribbon cutting for 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at Greenfield City Hall.

Leadership from three local labor unions, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 575, the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 83, and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 18, are celebrating the official start of construction on the Palomino Solar Energy Project in Highland County. 

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state attorney general were either “complicit” in the now-estimated $9 billion of social services fraud that has taken place in the state in recent years or “asleep at the wheel,” according to Republican Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.

After the weekend strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. continues to seize sanctioned vessels operating in the Caribbean and North Atlantic. Two sanctioned ships were seized Wednesday in support of the U.S. operation to secure the Western Hemisphere.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy today named Rob McColley, Ohio's Senate President, as his running mate in the 2026 election. The campaign will hold a rally with supporters on Wednesday evening in Cleveland to make the announcement.

Police deaths on the job fell 25% in 2025 to 111, an 80-year low not seen since World War II.

“Massive fraud of taxpayer dollars occurred on Tim Walz’s watch. He’s either complicit in this theft or grossly incompetent in preventing it." – Rep. James Comer.

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the presentation of the 14th annual Ag is Everyone’s Business event on Friday, March 6 at Southern State Community College’s Patriot Center, located at 100 Hobart Drive in Hillsboro.

A Hillsboro man accused of robbery and aggravated menacing was among the 13 individuals indicted by a Highland County grand jury in their Tuesday, Jan. 6 session.

A finding for recovery of $871.50 was issued Tuesday against a former fiscal officer for the Village of Highland in Highland County over interest and fees that resulted from late tax and other payments.