Two sentenced to community control
A Hillsboro man sentenced to community control was among two people sentenced recently in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
City Christmas Dec. 1 and 2
Hillsboro City Council passed eight pieces of legislation during its meeting Thursday.
Toys for tykes, teen radio time, SSCC scores 123
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
County to get pair of $1M grants
Multiple updates were given for various programs at the monthly meeting of the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank).
County to receive opioid funds
Updates on the OneOhio settlement were discussed at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.
Echoes from a storied past
Bell’s Opera House on South High Street in Hillsboro stands as a prominent reminder of the legacy of C.S. Bell, a manufacturer of bells whose successful business ventures in centuries past and subsequent philanthropy transformed turn-of-the-century Hillsboro. It had, however, been bereft of the presence of Bell family members, following the death of the last of C.S. Bell’s surviving children, Cora E. Bell, in 1951.
Veterans Day at HHS
Students stand at attention as Highland County Veterans Honor Guard members salute the flag Friday during a Veterans Day observance at Hillsboro High School. All five public school districts in the county held some type of Veterans Day program program Friday. The actual date for Veterans Day this year is Saturday, Nov. 11.
Charges filed, voting issues
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
WCTU makes stop in Hillsboro
The Highland County Historical Society honored the 150th anniversary of the Women’s Christian Temperance March that took place Dec. 24 and 26, 1873, in Hillsboro by hosting representatives Thursday of the WCTU from Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Hillsboro woman dies in wreck
A Hillsboro woman lost her life, but a juvenile in her vehicle was not injured, in a two-vehicle head-on crash Thursday in Clinton County.
