The Hillsboro Indians hosted a youth football camp this June.

A boil advisory has been issued by the city of Hillsboro for North West Street from Chariss Avenue going north, and including all of Pea Ridge and Quail Run Complex.

The Hillsboro Garden Club held its June meeting at Floral Hall on June 27.

Last week, the attempted rescue of four playboys and a youth in a private sub off the wreckage of the Titanic pushed most other things – even Donald Trump – out of the headlines. We sucked in information with great interest; the news pundits and their experts weighed in. I may have missed it, but I didn’t hear anyone questioning the expense of the rescue nor ask who is paying the bill.  

If you haven’t checked your calendars, the Fourth is on a Tuesday this year, so the annual Festival of the Bells in Hillsboro will be held July 6-8. While you’re enjoying the festival, be sure to check out Pioneer Day, sponsored by the Highland County Historical Society, at the Scott House on Saturday, July 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You’ll be glad you did. 

Earlier this month, 19 Hillsboro High School students had the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica for nine days. 

I woke up the morning of June 18 with a surprising thought. The Hillsboro High School class of 1968, of which I am a member, had its 55th reunion the previous evening, June 17 at the Orpheum in uptown Hillsboro. The thought was this: How are you supposed to feel when your 55th reunion is now in the rearview mirror? Old? Over the hill? Washed up?  

  Over $1.44 million has been awarded to Hillsboro for the construction of the Rails to Trails Community Trail in 2026. The project will create a walking and bicycling trail on the abandoned railroad bed and a sidewalk on West Main Street between the trailhead and Taylor Court.

We should never forget that very brave people made the world what it is today.  We may not think it is perfect, but it is far closer to perfection than defeat in World War II would have brought us. Our debt to those who sacrificed their lives and their families is beyond our ability to pay.

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a traffic crash in Highland County that resulted in one fatality. The crash occurred on Oldaker Road at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday, June 4.

A convoy of semis passed through Hillsboro Friday, June 2 en route to the Lake View Loft on Jones Road in support of a fundraiser for Aralyn Slack.

Cities have become a breeding ground for dissent and violence and are a very costly place to live. People packed in like sardines are angry and in a constant state of turmoil.

On Wednesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. SATH's KAMP Dovetail will host its 14th annual auction and carnival at Rocky Fork State Park campground.

Ladies and gentlemen, a famous doctor once wrote, “How did it get so late so soon?” I didn’t expect to pen this one this year, or the next, or the next. Certainly not today. But here we are.