Latest Updates
- Face-lift for Highland House - 7:31 pm
- Dettwiller new ACCESS director - 5:54 pm
- Unemployment falls in Highland County and state - 5:31 pm
- Tri-county Battle of the Bands - 5:22 pm
- HILLSBORO P.D. REPORTS - 12:30 pm
- New Storybook Trail at Rocky Fork - 6:49 pm
- Peebles man handed 9-month prison sentence - 6:27 pm
- Indicted on alleged hammer assault - 5:42 pm updated: 6:05 pm.
- A 2,178-mile trip - 5:24 pm updated: 6:28 pm.
- Chambers of Commerce hold annual dinner - 1:20 pm
- HILLSBORO P.D. REPORTS - 12:51 pm
- GREENFIELD P.D. REPORTS - 12:31 pm
- For the one I couldn’t save - 7:37 pm
- Foundry walk-out, teacher cuts, largest MHS class - 3:44 pm
- Greens Snow Hill signature - 1:47 pm
- In the kitchen with Sharon - 12:49 pm
- Brownfield Grant projects moving to second phase - 5:56 pm
- VSO Spring Cleaning Saturday - 5:41 pm
- Pool has new manager - 5:16 pm updated: 11:49 am.
- Bids in for Buford school demolition - 6:59 pm
- Memorial Day in Hillsboro is at courthouse - 6:42 pm
- Memorial parade back in Greenfield - 5:54 pm
- Body discovered in Fayette barn lot - 5:23 pm
- Forecast shows school in red - 7:04 pm
- Local rainfall below the yearly average so far - 5:25 pm
NEWS

Chambers of Commerce hold annual dinner
The Highland County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual meeting and dinner on May 12, at The Lake View Loft Event Venue north of Hillsboro. More tha...
HILLSBORO P.D. REPORTS
The Hillsboro Police Department has released the following information:May 19ARRESTS/CITATIONSBarbara Jackson, 60, of Hillsboro, was cited for assured...
GREENFIELD P.D. REPORTS
The Greenfield Police Department has released the following information:May 15ACCIDENTThe police department received a 911 transfer from OnStar statin...

For the one I couldn’t save
On Memorial Day 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued. Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott voiced remarks at the Sicily-Rom...

Foundry walk-out, teacher cuts, largest MHS class
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd...
Greens Snow Hill signature
Over the years many golfers have, under their breath or out loud for all to hear, cursed the greens on the Snow Hill Country Club golf course.Love the...
OPINION

Growing older, but not up
Jimmy Buffett is well known for his music and light-hearted lyrics about tropical life and his unique, laidback Caribbean lifestyle. His songs are oft...

A narrative far from finished
The idea of “just-in-time” sourcing of materials, parts and services seemed like such a great idea. Parts could be made cheaper elsewhere....

Frustrated with her phone
“You gotta keep poking and clicking,” a friend tells me. “That’s what my daughter does.”By this, she means that learning...

IPTV? Yes, television over the Internet
To make it easier on you who are reading this on paper or just prefer to type in the URLs yourself, for each LONG URL I’ll also provide a shorte...

Memories from long ago
Reading a column in one of our sister newspapers not so long ago, my thoughts were drawn back to my childhood years, particularly those years from the...

Antichrist is pretty modern
I saw a friend’s Facebook post nominating Donald Trump as Antichrist. A comment below the post suggested Joe Biden would better fit the role. Th...
May 12th, 2022 updated: May 12th, 2022. |
SPORTS

Girls state wrestling tourney same time as boys
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its inaugural girls wrestling state tournament in March 2023 will be held alongside the t...

Lady Mambas headed to national tournament
Lady Mambas AAU Basketball Team To Compete for a National Championship in Virginia Beach, VA!The fifth grade Lady Mambas AAU team based in Hillsboro h...

Fairfield eliminates Westfall, 5-1
The Fairfield Lady Lions were in familiar territory Tuesday as they traveled to Unioto High School for a Southeast District Division III semifinal gam...

The Lady Mambas, a Hillsboro area fifth grade AAU select team, finished as runner-up in the Superhero Slam Tournament in Franklin recently. Pool play ...

Hillsboro pitcher Quintin Captain fields a ball and throws to first base for an out during the Indians’ 2-1 Division II sectional tournament sem...

Fairfield No. 6 in final poll
The results of the fifth and final 2022 statewide poll from the Ohio High School Softball Coaches Association in shown below. Highland County’s ...
LIFE

WC announces $45 million fundraising campaign
Wilmington College launched the public phase of a record $45 million fundraising campaign this spring that focuses on investing in people, the living/...

Republican Women award Van Frank Scholarships
The Highland County Republican Women’s Club recently awarded five Margaret Van Frank Memorial Scholarships to Highland County graduating seniors...

The Hillsboro FFA Chapter hosted the annual Food for America event for the kindergarten classes May 11. Kindergarteners got to through 10 different st...

Towns blown to smithereens
Editor’s note: Jeffrey Owens is a Jeffersonville native, a 1995 graduate of Miami Trace High School and 2000 graduate of Ohio University. As a l...
Highland County travel report
The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting.S.R. 138/...