Ashley A. Wise of Greenfield graduated cum laude from Morehead State University on May 8, earning a bachelor of science degree in nursing.

Students in the medical assistant program at Southern State Community College raised more than $500 to donate to the “Susan G. Komen for a Cure” breast cancer research fund.

Juanita Swingley Wallingford, 90, of Hillsboro, died Monday morning, May 24, 2010 at Hospice of Dayton.

George William Shoemaker, 88, of Wilmington (formerly of New Vienna), died Monday, May 24, 2010 at the Autumn Years Nursing Center.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today welcomed the announcement that Babcock & Wilcox and Toshiba will each invest $100 million into the USEC American Centrifuge facility in Piketon. This $200 million investment and partnership will strengthen USEC's position in the growing nuclear power industry and assist the project's plans to move forward. USEC expects 8,000 jobs nationwide, 4,000 of which will be in Ohio, when the project secures a federal Department of Energy loan guarantee.

This uninvited guest strolled into the garage of Hillsboro resident Jean Head Tuesday morning. Believed to be a common Ohio snapping turtle, it measured approximately one foot in diameter. A similar turtle stopped traffic on U.S. 62 north after the heavy rains Friday.

This uninvited guest strolled into the garage of Hillsboro resident Jean Head Tuesday morning. Believed to be a common Ohio snapping turtle, it measured approximately one foot in diameter. A similar turtle stopped traffic on U.S. 62 north after the heavy rains Friday.

State Route 247 was closed in Adams County Tuesday morning (May 25) due to an accident, but has re-opened.

The WSJ said the company "will use Chinese technology to produce automotive-grade lithium-ion batteries for an all-electric car the U.S. company plans to launch in California later this year. The deal is a rare example of a U.S. auto maker having to tap a Chinese company for high technology. Another unusual facet of the venture is the creation of manufacturing jobs both in China and the U.S.