On March 15 at 10:59 p.m., the Hillsboro Police Department responded to an alarm call on McDowell Street. Upon officer's arrival, it was found that someone had cut a hole in the fence belonging to AEP. Someone also tried to gain entry into the building. This report remains under investigation. $200 worth of property was damaged.

Highland County commissioners and the legal counsel for Hangar 6 remained at an impasse Wednesday over property taxes levied against the business. Hangar 6 attorney Brian Sullivan of the Cincinnati firm of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP, told commissioners he was "disappointed" over a March 15 letter, in which commissioners closed by saying "We cannot ask the taxpayers of Highland County to pay the taxes for {Hangar 6 owner George Matthews}, nor was that agreed to in the lease."

Highland County commissioners and the legal counsel for Hangar 6 remained at an impasse Wednesday over property taxes levied against the business. Hangar 6 attorney Brian Sullivan of the Cincinnati firm of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP, told commissioners he was "disappointed" over a March 15 letter, in which commissioners closed by saying "We cannot ask the taxpayers of Highland County to pay the taxes for {Hangar 6 owner George Matthews}, nor was that agreed to in the lease."

Mona Garman Pearce, 81, of Greenfield, died at 1:54 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2010 in her home.

William Ray Bunner, 62, of Washington C.H., Ohio, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Fayette County Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that Ohio school districts will receive more than $430 million in new federal bonds for school construction projects. The bonds, allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), can be used to finance the construction, rehabilitation or repair of a public school facility or for the purchase of land where a school will be built.

The Hillsboro Emblem Club met on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Hillsboro Elks Lodge.  Reports were read and approved.  An article was read by the Americanism Chairman on Black History Month for the February meeting that was cancelled due to the weather.

The Hillsboro Emblem Club met on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Hillsboro Elks Lodge.  Reports were read and approved.  An article was read by the Americanism Chairman on Black History Month for the February meeting that was cancelled due to the weather.

Auditions for the spring one-act play “Man Woman Flower” will be held 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in the Edward K. Daniels Auditorium on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. “Man Woman Flower” will take the stage 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 2.