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Multiple recycling updates were given at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

Seventeens girls will vie for the title of Miss Fall Festival of Leaves Queen when the annual contest helps kick start the festival Thursday evening.

Editor’s note — This is the farewell speech for outgoing Fall Festival of Leaves Queen Madisyn Hollen, a senior at Hillsboro High School.

Hillsboro Mayor Justin Harsha and other city officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the first phase of the Roberts Lane extension project Tuesday.

Highland County has seen several cases of lung cancer in non-smokers over the past decade. This has led to some discussion and concerns about radon levels in the county, and these levels potentially being the cause of these lung cancer cases. Trying to determine the cause of cancer cases is very difficult to do, and usually we are left with some good guesses but no definite answers.

A traffic stop by Greenfield police officers led to the discovery of drugs that are now no longer a threat to the community.

Hillsboro City Council approved three ordinances and five resolutions Thursday, but a proposal to make Johnson Street a one-way street was rejected.

An upcoming event regarding workforce development was among updates given for the Highland County ACCESS Program at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

A signaling of the Halloween season is the return of the Jeepers Creepers event and that is no different this year. The Jeepers Creepers event returns on Friday, Oct. 20, from 5-10 p.m. at the Crossroads Park at 229 W. Main St. in Hillsboro.

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.