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The Hillsboro Police Department has released the following information:

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting. Projects with active or future traffic impacts are linked to OHGO.com.

Some of Kolton Hamilton’s family members are pictured around a tree that was planted in his memory at the Hillsboro Elks last weekend. Pictured (l-r) are his father, Jimmy Hamilton; his brother, Traeten Hamilton; his mother, Katie Knoblauch, holding a picture of Kolton; and his sister, Kiley Hamilton. See today’s sports section for more details on the golf outing that raised more than $30,000.

The Greenfield Police Department has released the following information:

Although voters in Highland County unofficially approved of Ohio Issue 1 in Tuesday’s special election, about 57 percent of voters statewide rejected the ballot initiative.

Former Highland County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Malone, who was charged in the fatal shooting death of a Hillsboro man last summer, was found not guilty of reckless homicide on Wednesday by a jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

Wilmington College’s new graduate program in occupational therapy places a focus on preparing professionals to serve rural communities. Its mission came to life with this summer’s Therapeutic Riding Camp, which offered one of the enduring symbols of rural life — horseback riding — to area children with disabilities.

The Highland County Sheriff’s Office has released the following information:

A Hillsboro woman was sentenced to three years of community control in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

A Hillsboro man sentenced to three years of community control was among two people sentenced recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.