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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.

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.

Jordy Vangundy, 37, Greenfield, was sentenced in Highland County Common Pleas Court to 24 months in prison on one count of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine in the vicinity of a school zone, a third-degree felony.

State Issue 1 to establish an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including abortion, and State Issue 2 to legalize marijuana both unofficially passed in Ohio with the majority of Highland County voters opposed to both issues.

The Highland County commissioners commented on the results of the 2023 election at the board’s weekly Wednesday meeting.

A S.R. 138 man charged with strangulation and domestic violence was among nine people indicted Tuesday by a Highland County grand jury.

A Leesburg area teenager was so stuck in a grain bin Saturday that a cousin had to remove corn from his mouth to keep him breathing. But thanks to rescue personnel, neighbors and God, according to the 17-year-old male’s mother, he is OK.

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.

Marshalls, with more than 1,100 stores operating in 48 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, will open at 106 Careytown Rd. in Hillsboro on Thursday, Nov. 16.

News of the upcoming 2024 through 2028 hazard mitigation plan for the county was discussed at the weekly Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.