Massachusetts men's basketball (17-15, 7-11 MAC) outlasted No. 20 Miami (Ohio) (31-1, 16-0 MAC), 87-83, at Rocket Arena in the MAC Quarterfinals on Thursday. The Minutemen survived two double-digit deficits to knock off the last remaining undefeated team in Division I men's basketball and advance to the semifinals.

The Highland County North Joint Fire and Ambulance District Board of Trustees' meeting will be held at 200 South St., Leesburg, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17.

Franklin “Frank” Delano Griffith Sr.  passed away Wednesday, March 11 at Hospice of Hope in Seaman at the age of 92. 

Old Dominion University suspended classes and operations on its main campus Thursday after a shooting at Constant Hall left two people injured and the gunman dead, according to emergency alerts issued by the university.

Sunbury Big Walnut junior Sydney Mobley was announced as 2026 Ohio Ms. Basketball Thursday by a statewide media panel.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin today announced 109 Ohio schools have earned the Governor’s Science of Reading Champions Award for 2026.

If firearms are bad per se, it should be easy to find places where either all guns or all handguns have been banned and murder/homicide rates have gone down. One would think out of randomness there should be at least one place where murder rates have gone down or at least stayed the same, but every single time, even for island nations, murder rates have gone up immediately after the ban.

The Bengals today signed OT Orlando Brown Jr. to a two-year contract extension through the 2028 season.

Premier Showmen 4-H Club celebrated Highland County 4-H Week and Dr. Seuss Week with a colorful window display at the Altrusa Book Store titled “Oh, the Places You Can Go in 4-H.”