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No action yet on Paint Creek fire chief
The fate of the chief of the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District remains in limbo following a special meeting Tuesday of the Paint Creek board.Dan Mat...

McClains will attend centennial
Edward Lee McClain’s granddaughter and her children will be in attendance at the centennial celebration for McClain High School set for Labor Da...

Diversion plan ended, guilty plea taken
A Winchester man who claimed in testimony that his legal troubles were politically motivated was found to have violated the conditions of his diversio...
July 21st, 2015 updated: July 21st, 2015. |

Historical Society campaign marches on
The Highland County Historical Society is in the midst of a capital campaign that so far has allowed the repair of the back wall of the Highland House...

Pollard reigns
The 2015 Greene Countrie Towne Festival was a success, even with Mother Nature’s insertion of sweltering temperatures and a couple vicious storm...
July 20th, 2015 updated: July 21st, 2015. |

Three dead in Ripley flooding
“The creek has never run like this.”Those were the words on Sunday afternoon of one Ripley resident in the aftermath of a stormy Saturday ...

2 same-sex marriage licenses issued here
Two same-sex marriage licenses have been issued so far in Highland County, and a recent same-sex domestic violence case in Hillsboro Municipal Court l...
July 20th, 2015 updated: July 20th, 2015. |

Two transported from U.S. 50 crash
U.S. Route 50 was closed and two people were transported from the scene of this accident around 1:45 p.m. Monday. Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barre...

An All-Star grab
You could call in an all-star grab at the All-Star Game. Well, sort of.Hillsboro City Schools Treasurer Adam Zink was sitting in the right field bleac...

Change & resistance
Donnie Barrera says he loves being sheriff of Highland County, and most parts of the job have been what he expected. But there have been some bumps al...
July 17th, 2015 updated: July 17th, 2015. |