High school students tour manufacturing sites
More than 100 high school students representing all of the school districts in Highland County toured eight local manufacturing facilities Thursday and heard from local and state officials as part of Manufacturing Awareness Day coordinated by the Highland County ACCESS Program.
Poster child, adult announced
Zaphod Cooper, 5, and Darlene Robinson, 33, have been named the poster child and poster adult, respectively, for this year’s Ernie Blankenship Memorial Radio-Telethon, it was announced Wednesday at First State Bank in Hillsboro.
HIGHLAND COUNTY S.O. REPORTS
The Highland County Sheriff’s Office has released the following information:
Kier new Hillsboro treasurer
The Highland County Republican Party Central Committee, through its members residing in the city of Hillsboro, has appointed resident Cristal G. Kier (center) to serve as city treasurer. Kier replaces Deborah J. Sansone who had served in the position since April 2023, and resigned on Feb. 19, 2024. Kier was appointed for the balance of the term which expires at the end of 2025. Shown administering the oath of office to Kier is Randalyn Worley, Hillsboro law director, with Hillsboro Auditor Dawson Barreras.
Hillsboro skate rink is tabled
Plans for the city of Hillsboro to build an outdoor ice skating rink were tabled during a meeting of the city council’s community enhancement committee Monday because a quote from Glice, the company tentatively scheduled to the rink, came in at $194,927.38.
Man will be extradited to face child porn charges
WILMINGTON — A Yonkers, New York man has been charged in the U.S. Southern District Court of Ohio for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a child and video recording the abuse.
It’s leap year: So how did it all begin and why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?
Large crowd attends Lincoln Day Dinner
The Highland County Republican Party held its annual Lincoln Day dinner before a large crowd. Nearly 160 attendees enjoyed a buffet dinner by Shoelace’s Catering at the Hillsboro Global Methodist Church on Feb. 21.
VSO serves soldiers, wives, widows, children
On May 19, 1886, H.B. 316 of the 67th General Assembly passed and the Ohio General Assembly enacted legislation to establish in permanent law a soldiers’ relief commission in each county. Their purpose was to provide for the relief of indigent Union soldiers, sailors and marines, as well as the wives, widows and minor children of those who served the Union.
HILLSBORO P.D. REPORTS
The Hillsboro Police Department has released the following information:
