CIRCLEVILLE - Jury selection was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday in the retrial of Wesley Coonrod, on charges of murder.
 Coonrod, 42, of Greenfield, was found guilty in October of two counts of felony endangering children. He had faced aggravated murder charges with death penalty specifications stemming from a March fire in his apartment on Lafayette Street in Greenfield, during which his sons Thomas, 4, and Stephen, 3, were killed.

Highland County commissioners and Highland District Hospital remain at odds over an invoice of more than $4,000 related to disinterment, autopsy, and re-interment of a Highland County man's remains, following his Oct. 30, 2010 death.

After spending years revitalizing structures in the Uptown Hillsboro area, Drew Hastings has taken out petitions to run for the office of the mayor of Hillsboro.
 Hastings told The Highland County Press that he took out petitions with the Highland County Board of Elections Office, and that he plans to run as a Republican.

The Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education filled out a self-assessment from the Ohio School Board Association during a meeting held Wednesday at Hillsboro High School.
 The A-Z assessment allows the school boards to measure ares in which have made improvement, and areas that still need work.

A special meeting of the Lynchburg Village Council has been called for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25.

A winter storm warning expires for the Highland County area today, but in its place are frigid temperatures, as Friday's high is expected to be only 14 degrees.

Third District Congressman Mike Turner, R-Centerville, joined a bipartisan group of House Members in supporting the repeal of "Obamacare," the recently enacted legislation that mandates universal medical insurance.

District 9 will be working during the overnight to pre-treat routes in advance of tomorrow's forecasted winter storm.

A Hillsboro man has been arrested on charges related to the possession and dissemination of child pornography.
 According to the Highland County Sheriff's Office Dana P. Jeter, 52, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material, a felony of the second degree.
 On Tuesday, Jan. 18, detectives and deputies with the HCSO, along with Agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) executed a search warrant at a Hillsboro residence in response to an ongoing investigation into alleged child pornography possession, according to the sheriff's office. Upon execution of the warrant, items of evidence were seized and taken to the crime lab at BCI&I for further analysis.