Three years ago, Flight 1549 left New York for Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, at last, the plane will reach its destination. The CFM56-5B engines from US Airways Flight 1549 – which made an emergency landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009 after taking off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport for a flight to Charlotte – will be leaving Hangar 6 at the Highland County Airport en route to a North Carolina aviation museum.

Nearly $3,000 was identified as missing from the Village of Leesburg (Highland County) police evidence room in an audit report released by Auditor of State Dave Yost. The resulting investigation led to the June 5 indictment of former Leesburg police officer Duane Bussey on charges of theft and tampering with evidence, according to Yost.

    A Greenfield man charged in the first-degree felony armed robbery of a local gas station has been arrested.

    Greenfield Police Chief Tim Hester said the suspect, Levi Smith, was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

Highland County will participate in the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 during a special ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 18 at the Veterans Memorial outside the Highland County Courthouse. Highland County Commissioner Tom Horst said VFW Post 9094 will lead the ceremonies, which will include the raising of a 15-star, 15-stripe American flag from the era.

Highland County will participate in the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 during a special ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 18 at the Veterans Memorial outside the Highland County Courthouse. Highland County Commissioner Tom Horst said VFW Post 9094 will lead the ceremonies, which will include the raising of a 15-star, 15-stripe American flag from the era.

A parent of a Hills and Dales student spoke out about her concerns regarding the school-age programming, and an assistant principal's position was approved Tuesday, during the a meeting by the Highland County Board of Developmental Disabilities. There was also discussion on an increase in the board's cash balance by nearly $1 million compared to last year.

The Highland County TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Hi-TEC facility in Hillsboro. The featured speaker will be a representative from the Romney for President campaign.

    The Hillsboro City Council said it needs more information to consider a request for a $30,000 line item transfer requested by the Hillsboro administration for "special projects," which includes redesigning the city's website and paying outside legal counsel for "options" regarding talks with Hillsboro's local chapter of the International Association of Firefighters.
 
    While the administration stressed they were not asking for additional funds, one council member asked why in the past month, the administration could not have told council they would need a $30,000 transfer.

The Hillsboro Uptown Business Association will sponsor the Baby Parade during the 2012 Festival of the Bells.

    Festival committee chairperson Michael Bradford said this is the first time the Baby Parade has been featured in at least three years.