Healthy Halloween
You don’t have to dress up but you might have more fun along with a chance to win a prize when the annual Healthy Halloween Senior Expo is held Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Highland County Senior Citizens Center in Hillsboro.
Schools partner
McClain High School and Washington High School are joining together to raise money for Nationwide Children’s Hospital ahead of the schools’ Oct. 6 football matchup.
HCHD Brake For Breakfast
The Highland County Health Department has announced the upcoming Brake for Breakfast drive through event in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month from 7-9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13 at the health department’s parking lot located at 1487 N. High St., Hillsboro, for a morning filled with education, empowerment and community engagement.
Bidding process started for leftover funds
Multiple updates were given for a couple of grants programs at the monthly meeting Thursday of the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank).
Greatest parade, suspicious score, center left land
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.
Perfect test scores honored
Fifteen students who received perfect scores on one or more parts of the state tests a year ago were honored during this week’s Hillsboro Board of Education meeting.
Greenfield fighting drug war
Recent wins in the ongoing fight against drugs were a highlight in the city manager’s report to Greenfield Village Council during its meeting this week.
Greenfield report card highlighted
With school resuming across Highland County following last week’s fair break, it’s back to business at the Greenfield schools as the board of education heard Greenfield Elementary updates and information on the state’s report cards during its monthly meeting.
Broadband expansion nearing county
Updates on broadband internet and fiber-optic cable were discussed at the weekly Wednesday morning meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.
County unemployment rate rises
The unemployment rate in Highland County rose in August to 4.4 percent according to figures released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).
