• In The News 30 August 2011

    President offers no comments on uncle's OVI charge

    Neither President Obama nor his administration have commented about the arrest of Obama's uncle in Massachusetts last week on suspicion of drunken driving. According to WCVB Channel 5 in Boston, Onyango Obama, 67, was arrested last week on an OVI charge.
  • In The News 30 August 2011
    Richard Tarr attends Montezuma National Leadership Summit
    Richard Tarr, a sophomore and president of the Lynchburg-Clay JSA, was selected to attended Zuma this year. The 62 JSA members from across the United States attended leadership workshops during the four-day summit.
  • In The News 29 August 2011
    Hillsboro family gets new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity
    The keys have been turned over and a Hillsboro family has a new home thanks to Highland County Habitat for Humanity.  
     Construction on the project home, located in the 600 block of North West Street in Hillsboro, has been ongoing for just over a year, and new owners Dwayne and Wendy Taylor are getting settled inside their new walls.
  • In The News 29 August 2011
    Commemorative mug sale to fund Supreme Court luncheon; High Court to hear case on smoking ban during local session
    The Highland County Bar Association is selling commemorative mugs featuring the Highland County Courthouse and the date of the October Ohio Supreme Court session in order to raise funds for the association-sponsored luncheon for the justices and other participants during the day's hearing.
  • In The News 29 August 2011
    S.R. 131 closing for weeklong culvert replacement
    A culvert replacement project on state Route 131 will force closure of the route for one week next month. S.R. 131 will be closed the week of September 12 while crews from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Highland County Highway Maintenance Facility replace a deteriorated pipe located at the 4.10-mile marker.
  • In The News 29 August 2011
    Study: States enrolling more children in CHIP
    Thirty states boosted the proportion of eligible kids covered under the federal-state program and the national average moved from 80 percent to nearly 85 percent, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute. Preliminary U.S. Census data suggests that expansion is continuing, the study says.
  • In The News 28 August 2011
    Former Supreme Court Justice speaks on his life, law and legacy
    Celebrating his birthday this week with members of the Columbus Metropolitan Club, former Supreme Court Justice Robert M. Duncan spoke about several fundamental moments in his life.
  • In The News 27 August 2011
    Prison spokesperson: Dana Jeter dies 10 days after being sentenced to prison time
    The Corrections Reception Center in Orient has confirmed to The Highland County Press that Highland County resident, Dana Jeter, who was sentenced Aug. 17 to serve six years in prison on child pornography charges, has died.
    Angela Hill, Public Information Officer and warden's assistant at the CRC, said Jeter died at 2:59 a.m. Saturday at OSU Medical Center in Columbus. He had been transferred to the hospital, she said, after complaining of chest pains. The cause of death was listed as cardiac arrest and is not considered suspicious.
  • In The News 27 August 2011
    Operation Christmas Child: A little time - and a shoe box - brings joy to needy children
    “Our family started volunteering because we knew it was a great project, and we wanted to help make a difference in the lives of struggling kids — but we didn’t realize what a difference it would make in our own lives.”

    – Beth McKenzie, Hillsboro resident and Operation Christmas Child volunteer
  • In The News 26 August 2011
    Greenfield receives state funding for sewer project
    City Manager Betty Bishop and Greenfield Council members Betty Jackman, Bob Bergstrom, Bill Redenbaugh, Harvey Everhart and Brenda Losey are pleased to announce $396,831.32 has been awarded by the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) for the North/North Eighth Street Waterline Replacement project. 

  • In The News 26 August 2011
    Portman asks constituents to submit ideas on reducing the deficit
    In response to his selection to serve on the Deficit Reduction Committee, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is asking his constituents to share their ideas on how to get our record budget deficits and debt under control.
  • In The News 25 August 2011
    Man injured in Brown County glider crash
    BROWN COUNTY– The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a powered Para glider crash. The crash occurred on Aug. 25 at approximately 7:30 a.m. south of US 52, Huntington Township, Brown County.
  • In The News 25 August 2011
    Rapp receives PFC Zachary R. Gullett Memorial Scholarship
    The PFC Zachary R. Gullett Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Michael Rapp Jr. of Hillsboro.
     The 2011 Hillsboro High School graduate is pursuing a degree in criminal justice at Southern State Community College.
  • In The News 25 August 2011
    Court date vacated in Curren suit against Greenfield
    A court trial date has been vacated in a civil suit against the city of Greenfield and its former law director, Conrad Curren, in which he alleges some current and former Greenfield leaders, "in concert with each other, and with malice of purpose, bad faith and in a wanton and reckless manner unlawfully conspired to terminate (Curren) from the office of law director."
  • In The News 24 August 2011
    Departments battle structure fire

    No injuries and moderate damage have been reported during a structure fire in the 300 block of Vine Street Wednesday evening. 

    At approximately 7 p.m. Hillsboro Fire and Rescue received a report of the fire. 

    Hillsboro Fire Chief Jerry Powell said that he did not believe anyone was at home at the time the fire began. 

  • In The News 24 August 2011
    Departments battle structure fire

    No injuries and moderate damage have been reported during a structure fire in the 300 block of Vine Street Wednesday evening. 

    At approximately 7 p.m. Hillsboro Fire and Rescue received a report of the fire. 

    Hillsboro Fire Chief Jerry Powell said that he did not believe anyone was at home at the time the fire began. 

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