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A Highland County grand jury returned indictments against 10 individuals Tuesday. Those indicted, their age, hometown and the charges against them are listed below:

The Hillsboro Business Complex, a remodeled section of three adjacent buildings in 100 block of North High Street, celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting Monday.

New Directions, Greenfield’s community youth ministry, continues to thrive in reaching students with the good news of Jesus while depending on the ongoing partnership with individuals, families, churches, businesses and organizations. The ministry for students in grades 4-12 will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on May 1.

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce held the 12th annual Ag is Everyone’s Business event Friday at Boeckmann Farms north of 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.

A Wilmington woman sentenced to community control for possession of hashish was among three people sentenced in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

Good things happening at Greenfield Middle School were highlighted at the Monday board of education meeting held in the middle school gym.

News on the Palomino Solar Project was delivered at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

A Wednesday early morning storm coming to the area will bring lower temperatures and possibly even hail, according to Scott Hickman, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

The role of a humane agent in Highland County to call and report instances of animal cruelty that has long been vacant was filled when Bryanan Williamson was appointed as the Highland County humane agent by Highland County Judge Kevin Greer last month.