On Saturday, June 26, at 3:47 a.m. officers on patrol noticed an audible alarm sounding at West End Sunoco, 1006 Jefferson St., Greenfield. Upon checking the building, officers observed a male running from the scene carrying an item. The male dropped the item, later found to be a cash register, and attempted to elude officers.

"The concern that I have when I look toward the Treasury and the financial institutions is that decisions are being made currently that do not protect capital. Every member of Congress can tell you the Realtors in their communities tell them it’s virtually impossible to get loan servicers, banks, and financial institutions to work with the home buyer to get a short sale or take other measures that would avoid foreclosure.”

Unsecured creditors were in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Long Island, N.Y., June 22 to "slow down an impending auction of Brown Publishing’s newspapers" according to a report this week by Mark Fitzgerald of Editor and Publisher (www.editorandpublisher.com).

Erin M. Bratton of Greenfield and Kassandra P. Clouser of Greenfield, are recipients of Wilmington College Academic Achievement Awards.

Amatha Farrens State Farm Insurance, 226 N.

Jill Yochum, an associate with Prudential Chambers Realty in Hillsboro, was the guest speaker of the June 24 meeting of the Highland County Board of Realtors.

Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward met with commissioners Wednesday regarding the outdated video recording system at the Highland County Justice Center. The security recording system is 9 years old and it is “starting to falter,” Ward told commissioners Shane Wilkin, Tom Horst and Gary Heaton. Ward explained that the security cameras operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and several cameras are no longer working.

Despite a rainy start to the week's annual outdoor and camping activities, spirits could not be dampened by the weather during SATH's KAMP Dovetail, held June 21-25 at Rocky Fork Lake State Park.