Mayor candidate challenged
Distracted driving and raising the drinking age
West gets 8 years for sex crimes
History on display
Sapp guilty of trafficking in heroin, fentanyl and meth
Latest Updates
- Mayor candidate challenged - 9:19 pm
- Celebrating archaeology - 7:32 pm updated: 7:40 pm.
- Distracted driving and raising the drinking age - 7:13 pm
- West gets 8 years for sex crimes - 6:55 pm
- In the Kitchen with Sharon - 2:24 pm
- Highland County Republicans donate to Junior Fair - 1:13 pm
- Hillsboro Police Department reports - 12:14 pm
- Hillsboro Town Club recognized for civic efforts - 11:22 am
- Upcoming Extension workshops - 9:22 pm
- History on display - 7:55 pm
- Another step forward for rural transport system - 6:24 pm
- Sapp guilty of trafficking in heroin, fentanyl and meth - 6:03 pm
- SSCC opens Portman tour - 8:02 pm
- Baking contest will be part of HCHS Pioneer Day - 7:39 pm
- Three added to Women’s Hall of Fame - 6:40 pm
- Rare afternoon meeting for county - 6:30 pm
- HARA event on courthouse lawn - 4:46 pm
- Homeless shelter is in the running for $25K grant - 8:22 pm
- Two question council - 8:19 pm
- Grand jury indicts 15 - 5:49 pm
- Suspended Pike County sheriff gets February trial date - 3:17 pm
- SR 41 reopened in Highland Co. - 2:31 pm
- Highland County Sheriff’s Office reports - 1:43 pm
- A big dreamer with a creative way - 5:51 pm
- 24,387 meals served - 5:27 pm
NEWS
History on display
About 10 months ago the Highland County Historical Society was discussing a way observe the 175th anniversary of both its Highland House Museum and Sc...
Another step forward for rural transport system
The Highland Area Rural Transportation System (HARTS) committee has been dreaming of providing the community with more widespread public transportatio...
Sapp guilty of trafficking in heroin, fentanyl and meth
WILMINGTON — A Hillsboro man was sentenced a man to a 30-month prison term after Clinton County jurors found him guilty of trafficking in heroin...
SSCC opens Portman tour
Senator Rob Portman kicked off his three-day tour of Southern and Southeastern Ohio at Southern State Community College on Wednesday.Following a brief...
Baking contest will be part of HCHS Pioneer Day
As part of the inaugural Highland County Historical Society’s Pioneer Day coming up Aug. 24, and to celebrate the importance of food in the pion...
Three added to Women’s Hall of Fame
Nearly 100 of their fellow Highland countians were on hand as Sue Boatman, Mary Stanforth and Jane Tissot were welcomed Tuesday into the ranks of 113 ...
OPINION
What a mess we have on our hands
I am writing this just a couple of days after the recent mass murders in both El Paso, Texas and Dayton. Although random massacres like this seem to b...
Time for self-examination
It was brought to my attention over the weekend that in the craziness of day to day life we tend to take important things for granted. Things that you...
Seeing words a sight for sore eyes
I came home from the eye doctor a few days ago, and my phone buzzed.I pulled it out and realized something terrifying: I couldn’t read.My eyes w...
Dog Spit and other sports memories
As a boy I was placed on a baseball team called the Gnats, and as a man I played on a softball team named Dog Spit.Is it that I don’t like sport...
Church in the lonesome pines
My wife’s late mother, Margaret Whitt Freeman, grew up in southwest Virginia not far from the Clinch Mountains, where the air is pure, the strea...
We have to do something, right?
I would wager that you were horrified when you read about the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Only a maniac could condone the taking of i...
SPORTS
McClain hosting new Jamboree
A new event, the inagural McClain Jamboree/Meet The Teams will be held Friday, Aug. 23 at McClain Field in Greenfield.Gates will open at 6 p.m. and th...
Local sports briefs
15th Fairfield Lion OpenThe 15th annual Fairfield Lion Open will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 at Buckeye Hills Golf Course. Lunch and registration are at...
Park visits Leesburg
Ohio State football broadcaster Jack Park was in Leesburg Saturday for the annual Leesburg Festival. He is shown here autographing a copy of his book ...
HHS fish fry
It’s that time of the year again — kids are going back to school and the high school fall sports has commenced. The Hillsboro High School ...
Tigers continue to win
The McClain boys varsity golf team defeated Paint Valley at Buckeye Hills, 190-231, Thursday.Tiger senior Trenton Newkirk went on to be a match medali...
Indians fall to Unioto
The Hillsboro Indians boys golf team traveled to Unioto High School to face the Unioto Shermans on Wednesday.Unioto won the match with a total score o...
LIFE
Bluegrass festival returns to Bainbridge
This year’s indoor Bluegrass in Bainbridge event at the Paxton Theatre will feature seven bluegrass groups and take place on Saturday, Aug. 17 f...
Patrol to focus on impaired drivers
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging motorists to drive sober. During a Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, troopers will focus enforcement ef...
Reserve Grand Champ at Ohio State Fair
The Tamworth boar raised by the Overstake/Dettwiller family was selected as the Reserve Grand Champion at the 2019 Ohio State Fair. The families said ...
Bobbitt earns scholarships
Hillsboro Emblem Club 277 had announced that Syndey Bobbitt has been awarded a $2,000 Supreme Emblem Club of the United States Scholarship and a $1,00...
Careys celebrating 50 years
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lanasue Carey of New Vienna are celebrating their golden anniversary. The former Lanasue Bloom married Robert D. Carey on Aug. 23,...
Firefighting event for young women
Attention young women, age 15 and older: Join local women fire service professionals for a free day of hands-on activities to learn more.The class, ca...
