A benefit dinner will be held for the Kevin Fouch family Tuesday night before the Fairfield vs. McClain boys basketball game at Fairfield High School.

A benefit dinner will be held for the Kevin Fouch family Tuesday night before the Fairfield vs. McClain boys basketball game at Fairfield High School.

The Lynchburg-Clay FFA, Young Farmers and FFA Alumni Equipment Consignment
Auction will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m

Former Highland County Veterans Services Officer Paul E. Maag died Sunday, Dec. 26 in Au Gres, Michigan. He was 73.

Paul Edgar Maag, 73, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2009 in Au Gres, Michigan.

The Highland County Health Department is offering free tobacco cessation classes to Highland County residents. The classes are for individuals, ages 18 and over, who would like to quit using any type of tobacco product.

Hunters killed 19,900 deer on December 19-20, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in response to hunters' request for additional weekend days to pursue white-tailed deer, the state's number one big game animal. In 2008, hunters took 16,382 deer during those two days.

On Dec. 1, the Lynchburg-Clay FFA Parliamentary Procedure team competed at the Sub-District competition at the Hillsboro High School. The team was awarded first place in the Highland County competition.

The Armed Services Blood Program from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will visit the Chillicothe VA Medical Center for a military blood drive on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.