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Dismissal of charges sought By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com This screenshot from the Highland County Common Pleas Court YouTube stream shows Judge Rocky Coss (top) and Garrison Salyer during Wednesday’s hearing. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette The attorney for accused child rapist Garrison Salyer wants “extrajudicial” statements made by the Hillsboro man suppressed and the charges dismissed. Attorney J.D. Wagoner filed the motion to suppress with a memorandum of support on Monday, two days before what was scheduled to be the final pretrial hearing before Highland Coun...

Insurance rate reduction for county workers By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com From left, Highland County Commissioners David Daniels, Jeff Duncan and Terry Britton are shown during Wednesday’s meeting. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Bucking the trend of ever increasing premiums for health care, the Highland County Board of Commissioners announced Wednesday that county employees will enjoy a 4 percent reduction in rates in each of the next two years. Commission president Jeff Duncan said that Medical Mutual of Ohio presented the commissioners with two options; a one-year 8 ...

Court escapee gets six more years By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com In this screenshot from a YouTube stream of the proceeding, attorney Kirk McVay (left) confers with Nickolaus Garrison prior to sentencing on Tuesday in Highland County Common Pleas Court. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette A man whose dramatic escape from the Highland County Common Pleas Courtroom lat year was captured on video was sentenced to an additional six years in prison Tuesday in the same courtroom. Nickolaus Garrison, 34, Hillsboro, appeared before visiting Judge Daniel Hogan and pled guilty to one co...

Wells eyed for spending bill By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com This is a shallow-well pump that is used to supply water to a residence in South Central Highland County. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette With hundreds of billions of dollars on the verge of being funneled into some version of a federal infrastructure spending bill, national and statewide groundwater groups are urging Congress to include rehabilitation or repair of private water wells in the measure. According to figures from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are a little over 3,630 private water wel...

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