Mock disaster ‘went like clockwork’
The Highland County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and Local Emergency Planning Committee held a full-scale emergency response exercise at the Highland County Fairgrounds Thursday morning to test the readiness and coordination of local emergency response agencies.
County has issues with records storage project
Multiple change orders were denied for the new Records Storage Building on West Beech Street in Hillsboro at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.
Trout Fishing Day at Harmony Lake
A family Trout Fishing Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at Harmony Lake, located at Liberty Park in Hillsboro.
New cell phone policy coming
There will be a new student cell phone policy next school year at the Hillsboro City Schools, superintendent Tim Davis said at Monday’s board of education meeting.
Bainbridge man sentenced after chase and crash
A Bainbridge man was sentenced to over a year in prison on charges of failure to comply recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
Rescue Weekend an effort to expose sex exploitation
Rescue Weekend, a event put on by churches in Highland County to rescue children around the work from sex exploitation, will be held April 20-21 in Hillsboro and Leesburg
Parking spots loss draws ire
An Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) project to replace the crosswalks in Hillsboro at the Main and High streets intersection and include new high-visibility crosswalks and center median refuge islands was met with criticism from local business owners during a Hillsboro City Council meeting Thursday before a resolution for the project was passed by council.
Greenfield soldiers’ ’war brides’
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
Bell stands guard
Former C.S. Bell employee and bell enthusiast Tim Koehl donated a U.S. Navy YOG Transport Class Ships Bell manufactured by the C.S. Bell Company in 1944 to be displayed behind the veterans memorial at the Highland County Courthouse in Hillsboro.
FRS adding Saturday service
Family Recovery Services (FRS) Transportation will be adding another day of travel service to its travel options soon, according to Chris Hetzel, Highland County mobility manager, at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.
