Gas prices continue to fall
The gas price has fallen by 12 cents since last week with the national average now nearing below $3.50 per gallon, totaling $3.54, according to an American Automobile Association (AAA) news release. This release said it was the “steepest” weekly drop since early August.
Grant for Alternatives to Violence Center
The Alternatives to Violence Center has announced it has received a $2,500 grant from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. These funds will support the Seeking Safety program, which works to provide survivors of domestic violence with shelter and related services.
HILLSBORO P.D. REPORTS
The Hillsboro Police Department has released the following information:
Merry Christmas!
Bode and Blair Reed tell Santa their Christmas wishes at Merchants National Bank during a Hillsboro Uptown Christmas event held earlier this month. The Times-Gazette wishes everyone and very merry and bright Christmas.
Kolacky is easy with few ingredients
Hello! In the kitchen with Sharon this week is Patricia Nicholes. This is an easy recipe with not too many ingredients. It doesn’t look difficult at all. My kind of recipe.
Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops
THE CONVERSATION — Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday that lies just ahead. Yet readers may remember a couple of hymns that roll around each November in church, around the dinner table, or even — for readers of a certain age — in school. One I remember well is “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come.” Then there’s “We Gather Together,” or “We Plough the Fields and Scatter.”
Family hurting at Christmas
Fifteen-month-old Kyce Burns of Hillsboro was diagnosed with a brain tumor last month, and Hillsboro High School secretary Angie Juillerat is working to raise funds to support him through a raffle of more than $4,000 worth of items.
Wilkin, Roades big local election winners
The unofficial results of Tuesday’s general election have been released by the Highland County Board of Elections. The total number of ballots cast in Highland County was 12,725 out of 27,203 registered voters for an overall turnout of 46.78 percent.
Nativity drive-thru near Leesburg
Members of the Hardins Creek Friends Church and other volunteers will be staging a Nativity Drive-Through Event in Leesburg that depicts the birth of Jesus on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 and 4 from 6-8 p.m.
Child porn gets man 25 years
A Greenfield man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography.
