The accomplishments of 29 students who received perfect scores on state test scores were celebrated at the Monday, Sept. 21 Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education meeting, as the board also welcomed their new student representative for the 2026-27 school year.
The Ohio Department of Aging (AGE) inducted eight older Ohioans into the state’s Senior Citizens Hall of Fame at a ceremony Sept. 23 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
A proposed sewer rate increase and the city’s finances were among the topics hotly debated by Hillsboro City Council members and city administrators during the Thursday, Sept. 17 council meeting.
The Hillsboro Indians made things interesting with an offensive and defensive touchdown within the span of three minutes in the fourth quarter in their second straight home game at Richards Memorial Field, but it was ultimately too little, too late as they fell 49-14 to the visiting Williamsburg Wildcats to wrap up their non-conference schedule.
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released the Ohio School Report Cards for the 2025-26 school year Tuesday, Sept. 15, with Highland County districts and individual schools receiving star ratings based on their achievements for the most recent academic year.
Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the sixth week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles the best of the best with the OPSMA High School Football Notebook.
A Hillsboro man was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week after pleading guilty to a 2018 charge of failure to register a change of address as a registered sex offender.
A Summit County judge has ruled in favor of the Highland County Board of Commissioners in their cognovit action against Leo Capital Investments LLC, the prospective developers of the Marriott Hotel project in Hillsboro, according to court records.
Three coaches spoke in favor of the state’s recently enacted Student Athlete Mobility Act at the Monday, Aug. 17 Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education meeting, with administration responding that the district will not be adopting any related policies in Hillsboro.
Members of the Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education heard updates about the newly begun 2026-27 school year, including a new career initiative at the high school, during their Monday, Aug. 17 meeting.
Legislation for the second proposed sewer rate increases in three months was introduced to Hillsboro City Council members during their Thursday, Aug. 13 meeting.
A Hillsboro man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday evening after a jury seated in Highland County Common Pleas Court found him guilty of three first-degree felony counts of rape.
A Hillsboro man was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison Monday afternoon after pleading guilty to the May 31 murder of a man in the parking lot of a Hillsboro business.
A Highland County grand jury handed down eight indictments, including charges against a man accused of striking a Highland County Sheriff’s deputy head-on during an April crash, during their Aug. 4 session.
