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Summer bazaar to benefit historical society museum By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Highland County Historical Society Event Chair Jean Fawley stands among some of the many items for sale during its second annual Summer Bazaar and Yard Sale, scheduled for Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Highland House Museum in Hillsboro. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette To kick off the Memorial Day weekend, the Highland County Historical Society is hosting its second annual Summer Bazaar...

Fiery U.S. 50 crash claims two By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com A fiery one-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Highland County claimed the lives of two elderly Chillicothe people. The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported that Elmer Everhart, 78, and Barbara Everhart, 73, both of Chillicothe, died when the 2003 GMC Yukon that the elder Everhart was driving eastbound on U.S. Route 50 went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree, later overturning a...

Temperance, a brush with a train and $4 for gas By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com 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. This week in 1890, the Highland News reported that commencement exercises were conducted at the New Lexington High School (curre...

Highland County continues to enjoy robust consumer confidence as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, according to preliminary permissive sales tax figures rele

Honoring our veterans By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Shown are Gary Cruea (left) and Chuck Cruea helping to install service recognition bricks Tuesday at the Highland County Veterans Memorial. Both are veterans of the Vietnam era, with Gary having served his country from 1968-1972, and Chuck serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1965-1969. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Thirty-nine new bricks containing the names of honored veterans were installed Tuesday at the Highland Count...

A Buford area man who was a former corrections officer at the Highland County Justice Center was sentenced to 24 months in prison Friday after being convic

Ten days after hearing some of his constituents in Lynchburg express their anger about a trio of solar panel farms proposed near their village, state Rep.

Solar Farm groundbreaking By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Members of the families who are landowners for the New Market Solar project joined in the groundbreaking ceremonies held Thursday at the Carraher farm on Stringtown Road. Shown (l-r) are Harold Hauke, Doug Carraher, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, Brad Carraher and Hecate Development Associate Jared Wren. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Brigh Local School District Superintendent Mike Bick delivers remarks at Thursday’...

Highland solar farm groundbreaking held By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Members of the families who are landowners for the New Market Solar project joined in the groundbreaking ceremonies held Thursday at the Carraher farm on Stringtown Road. Shown (l-r) are Harold Hauke, Doug Carraher, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, Brad Carraher and Hecate Development Associate Jared Wren. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and industry representatives from Hecate...

Bolender named new economic development head By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Julie Bolender accepted the position of new Highland County economic development director Wednesday afternoon in the commissioners office. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette This is Khloe Welling’s award-winning art work in the recent RPHF Solid Waste District’s fifth-grade recycling billboard contest. The Fairfield Elementary student’s creation is featured on a billboard on S.R. 73 northwest of ...