Chase reached 110-plus mph
A Washington C.H. man received 30 months in prison in Fayette County Common Pleas Court, in addition to an 18-month prison sentence for an...
Jobless rate increases in county
The unemployment rate in Highland County climbed in February to 6.8 percent, a rise of 0.3 percent from the month before, according to new...
SATH Celebrity Golf Classic April 26 at Snow Hill
The list of celebrity golfers is growing and so is the list of sports memorabilia that will be up for auction at the upcoming...
A mystery never solved
Editor’s note — This is the first part of a four-part story about Virgil “Wade” Tackett, who as a 17-year-old left his family’s Hillsboro...
Thursday mass vaccine clinic has openings
The Highland County Health Department is still looking to schedule appointments for its April 1 mass vaccination clinic. The clinic takes place from 9...
Vietnam Veterans Day
On Aug. 3, 1968, U.S. Army infantryman Mark L. Hook was in Vietnam when he wrote a letter to his mother in Hillsboro saying...
U.S. 50 crash claims two
A two-vehicle head-on crash Saturday morning on U.S. Route 50 near Vineyard Drive and Carper Lane, approximately four miles east of Hillsboro, killed two...
Land bank is moving forward
Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (HCLRC) members said in a Thursday meeting they are moving forward on multiple properties. They said the HCLRC has...
New virus variant in county
Highland County received a notice earlier this week of its first confirmed B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant (U.K. Variant) case in a county resident, according to...
Measles, escaped convicts and heavenly days
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...