The defense attorneys of a Greenfield man facing capital murder charges in the deaths of his two sons have filed a motion for a change of venue, as Highland County has been so "saturated with the facts underlying this case."
    William J. Mooney and Jerry L. McHenry, of the Ohio Public Defender's Office, filed a motion on behalf of Wesley Coonrod in Highland County Common Pleas Court on April 23 that "respectfully requests that this court order a change of venue for this case in order to ensure that Mr. Coonrod receives a fair trial before a jury untainted by pre-trial publicity."

Rev. Timothy Mohon, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Greenfield, Ohio, will be giving a presentation for the monthly meeting of the Southern Ohio Genealogical Society on Thursday, May 13, 2010 entitled "Tracking Your Baptist Ancestors." Rev. Mohon will share the four areas of Baptist records that are often confusing to researchers so that genealogists can ask the correct questions in dealing with these unique items, as well as revealing various locations to uncover these valuable source materials.

Following a full weekend of conference action, the four qualifying teams have been determined to participate in the 2010 North Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament to be held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, beginning Thursday, April 29 and running through May 2.

Wanda I. Heaton, 57, of Hillsboro, died Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Highland District Hospital.

The Harlem Legends rolled into Greenfield Wednesday for a morning school program which was both entertaining and educational for the elementary students.

Elwood "Woody" Sweet, 81, of Winchester, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010 at his residence.

The area’s first annual performance of a Chocolate Jazz Fundraiser will take place on May 15 in the Leesburg area at the Fairfield High School Auditeria at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Our son has never been a great student, but the stakes are higher now that he's in high school, and we can't get him to understand that. Nothing we've tried has worked -- he just doesn't care about getting good grades. What can we do?