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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.

A former Greenfield resident was killed in an accident that claimed three other lives Monday on Interstate 70 near the exit of the Dayton International Airport Access Road.

A possible county partnership concerning fiber internet was discussed at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

A Leesburg man indicted on multiple counts of rape among other charges was among eight people indicted Tuesday by a Highland County grand jury.

Nathan Smith, a 2005 graduate of Hillsboro High School who lives in Orlando, Florida, is coordinating an ambitious project to create a virtual reality version of the old Hillsboro High School that was demolished in 2009.

Ron Sampson, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel from Hillsboro, spoke Friday at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie in Hillsboro to honor National Vietnam Veterans Day before reading the names of the 11 Highland County veterans killed in Vietnam at the Highland County Veterans Memorial at the courthouse.

A Cincinnati man sentenced to nearly three years in prison for stalking and assault was among three people sentenced recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

It will likely be two to three weeks before residents at Trustwell Living at Bell Gardens can move back into the Hillsboro assisted living facility after a fire damaged it Wednesday morning, Trustwell Living Chief Marketing Officer Gary Fernandez said Friday afternoon.

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.

Merchants National Bank donated $15,000 at the radio telethon — $3,000 from the bank employees, $5,000 from the bank and a one-time donation of $5,000 in memory of Don Fender, who Merchants Bank’s Paul Pence said was a loyal Rotarian who supported the event heavily.