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Highland County Recorder Chad E. McConnaughey and the Ohio Recorders’ Association (ORA) urge veterans to be aware of exploitative practices targeting military veterans who are being charged for services that are available for free.

A Chillicothe man sentenced to three years in prison for assault was among two people sentenced recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

The Highland County Sheriff’s Office has released the following information:

The Hillsboro Police Department has released the following information:

Although it is temporarily closed for the season, volunteers are busy planning a new exhibit at the Highland House Museum located at 151 E. Main St. in Hillsboro. This spring, an exhibit of vintage (pre-1960) wedding dresses, along with photos of various gowns and couples, invitations and newspaper clippings will be spread throughout the museum from May until the end of July.

The Highland County Board of Commissioners proclaimed April to be Child Abuse Awareness Month during their meeting Wednesday. Pictured are (l-r) commissioner Dave Daniels, commissioner Brad Roades, Melissa Lipp, Stephanie Kelley, Mariah Collier, Jeremy Ratcliff and commissioner Terry Britton.

The Highland County Bluegrass Festival will join the third annual Unique, Boutique, & Antique Festival to be held concurrently this year at the Highland County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro on Friday, June 14 from 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, June 15 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Greenfield Historical Society will have a special Sunday dinner to mark the 150th anniversary of the Shiloh Baptist Church. The event will be held Sunday, April 7 at the Grain & Hay Building at the corner of McArthur Way and Jefferson Street in Greenfield.

Everybody looks forward to that day when they get to walk across a stage and receive their high school diploma, which serves as a certificate stating that the student has finally completed their four years of high school. For Robert Lawson, this dream quickly turned unachievable when he was told he would not be graduating with the rest of his 1968 class at Fairfield High School as he was half an English credit short.

The Greenfield Historical Society usually has three dinner fundraisers on the first Sunday of January, February and March. This year they are going to add one additional meal to raise money for the historic Shiloh Baptist Church preservation in Greenfield.