Two men and two women received three-year community control sentences in Highland County Common Pleas Court recently, with one gaining entry into the New W
McCartney ruled competent
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
James McCartney (left) is pictured at a recent hearing before Hillsboro Municipal Court. At right is Highland County Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Thompson.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
Accused child sex offender James McCartney has been deemed competent to stand trial, according to documents filed Thursday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
McCartney, 61, of the Rocky Fork Lake area, is charged with multiple counts of child sex offenses.
He was indicted on April 6 by a Highland County grand jury on one count of trafficking in persons, a first-degree felony, with the indictment alleging that he willingly knew the person involved was under the age of 16 and was being trafficked for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity for hire.
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 (current location of Highland, Ohio), and “four more of our young people have launched their barks out upon the stream of life.”
Conrad Ashling Curren Conrad Ashling Curren, 87, of Greenfield passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021 at home.
He was born April 26, 1934, in Wilmington, the son of Walter P. and Louise (Ashling) Curren.
Conrad graduated from Greenfield McClain in 1954. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in history. After that, he earned his law degree, also from UC. Upon graduation, Conrad entered the United States Air Force as a Second Lieutenant and was stationed in Sault Saint Marie Michigan with the JAG (Judge Advocate General). Upon completing his active-duty service, Conrad continued to serve in the Air Force Reserve, achieving the rank of captain.
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