Latest Updates
- ‘Elvis’ in Lynchburg - 6:56 pm
- Court trials on YouTube - 5:49 pm
- COVID-19 cases dropping in Highland County - 5:26 pm
- Portman on not seeking re-election: It’s ‘harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress’ - 2:03 pm
- Dog Pound Pet of the Week - 12:32 pm
- Greenfield Police Department reports - 11:43 am
- Highland County ranks 17th - 6:32 pm
- Big pigs, gassy water and near-record cold - 5:55 pm
- When rattlesnakes were common - 5:34 pm
- In the kitchen with Sharon - 12:45 pm
- New vaccine spots open - 7:55 pm
- Land bank eyes properties - 7:39 pm
- New Market I & II solar farm projects debated - 7:13 pm updated: 7:40 pm.
- Lucky day at Butler Road home - 6:55 pm
- McLanahan and Oyer honored - 6:39 pm
- Recorder outlines progress - 6:13 pm
- FRS hopes to reopen transit loops in spring - 5:53 pm updated: 5:56 pm.
- Greenfield Police Department reports - 12:15 pm
- Organization helps pre-K kids - 6:13 pm updated: 9:55 am.
- Halls Cattlemen of the Year - 5:21 pm
- Greenfield schools highlight board of ed members - 5:01 pm
- USDA offers additional assistance - 11:58 am
- ‘Make your soul happy’ - 7:52 pm
- New Market solar hearings - 6:10 pm
- Only schedule vaccines if you meet criteria - 5:20 pm
NEWS

In the kitchen with Sharon
Hello! I hope everyone is feeling great. It’s another week so here is a wonderful recipe to make, plus it is a perfect recipe for leftovers.Deni...

New vaccine spots open
New COVID-19 vaccination spots are open for county residents age 75 and older, and the Highland County Health Health Department is offering an online ...

Land bank eyes properties
Multiple promising properties were highlighted, but the most popular property discussed Thursday at a Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation m...

New Market I & II solar farm projects debated
There were no fireworks during the Ohio Power Siting Board’s (OPSB)public hearing held Tuesday night remotely on both YouTube and Webex, but whi...
January 21st, 2021 updated: January 21st, 2021. |

Lucky day at Butler Road home
Lady Luck was smiling down on a Highland County woman Wednesday night when a grease fire ignited in her home, according to Brushcreek Township Volunte...

McLanahan and Oyer honored
Tuesday’s meeting of the Greenfield Village Council included the recognition of a resident and an employee for what they do for the Greenfield c...
OPINION

Young adults struggle with Covid
“Your son is in one of the age groups with which we are most concerned,” said Dr. Laura Murray, senior scientist for Johns Hopkins Univers...

Aiming at heaven, not earth
As reported several years ago in USA Today, Charlie Engle, Ray Zahab and Kevin Lin know endurance better than most. For 111 days, they ran the equival...

Words, actions, accountability matter
Joanne Freeman, a history professor at Yale University, says that we are in a battle of words, not just politics. Freeman cites what happened last wee...
My name is Scott Gallimore. I’ve been a Hillsboro resident for 10 years. In addition to theHumane Society, I volunteer at the Habitat for Humani...

A stretch pants lifestyle
I don’t remember exactly when I took to living in stretch pants full time.The process was gradual, I’m sure of that. I started out wearing...

They say I have no faith
It started a few years ago on a field goal try during an Ohio State/Michigan football game. It was a somewhat important kick and, if I remember correc...
January 15th, 2021 updated: January 18th, 2021. |
SPORTS

Lady ‘Cats fall at Northwest
McDermott — After hanging tough for a quarter the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats watched the Northwest Lady Mohawks pull away in the final three quarter...

McClain jayvees swat Blue Lions
WASHINGTON C.H. — On Jan. 8, the McClain jayvee freshman teams both knocked off the hosting Washington Blue Lions.McClain won the jayvee game, 3...

Ohio AP boys basketball poll
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Boys’ Ohio high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, and ...

Lady Tigers hold MT off in overtime
GREENFIELD — It was a match-up of the top two teams in the Frontier Athletic Conference Saturday when the Miami Trace Lady Panthers visited McCl...
Sports brief
Lynchburg Youth BaseballLynchburg Youth Baseball sign-ups begin Saturday, Feb. 6 and Sunday, Feb. 7 at the Lynchburg Fire House, 8124 SR 134, from 1-3...

Vipers bite on Cumberland
Jarron Cumberland will get his chance at professional basketball as a member of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League.The NBA G League is t...
LIFE

HCCAO receives NCB donation
NCB recently donated $2,500 to the Highland County Community Action Organization, Inc., which offers assistance to Highland County individuals in vari...
L-C Elementary School Honor Roll
The Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School has released its honor roll lists for the second grading period of the 20290-21 school year:ALL A’sThird gr...
TAKE NOTE
Republican Executive CommitteeThe Highland County Republican Executive Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Hi-TEC Building, 1575 ...
January 19th, 2021 updated: January 25th, 2021. |
Lynchburg Lions conclude candy sale
The Lynchburg Lions Club has concluded its annual candy sale that began in late November. The club wishes to thank all those who supported the sale.Sp...

Whiteoak students receive emergency training
Whiteoak High School recently partnered with Adams County Regional Medical Center and Atrium Medical Center to offer students CPR/first aid training a...

Robertson receives CORAS Hero Award
The Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools (CORAS) Hero Award recognizes and celebrates a behind the scenes school staff member who goes above and...