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Coss sentences two women By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Coss Two Rocky Fork Lake area women were each given sentences of three years community control following sentencing this week in Judge Rocky Coss’ Highland County Common Pleas Court. Court records showed that Arlena L. Minniear, 29, Hillsboro, entered a guilty plea to a fifth-degree felony charge of harassment with a bodily substance on Jan. 19. The bill of particulars in the case stated that after being arrested on Aug. 6, 2020, Minnear told the arresting officer as he transported her to the Highland County Justice C...

Railroad mail, pool hall brawl, stable fire 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 1883, the Hillsborough Gazette reported that railroad mail deliveries would arrive daily, except Sunday, at 5:45 a.m., 1:20 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., and that the post office would be open to transact business Monday through ...

Land bank eyes properties By Jacob Clary - jclary@aimmediamidwest.com This is a picture of an Enchanted Hills Community Association property that the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation is currently looking at pursuing. Courtesy of Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation Charles Guarino (left) and Mark Current are pictured at Thursday’s meeting of the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Following the Enchanted Hills Community Association disbanding and its members suing, the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (la...

Hoxworth: Blood need critical By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com The Hoxworth Bloodmobile will visit Highland County six times through mid-May, with three of those visits being at Highland District Hospital. Times-Gazette file photo The coronavirus combined with the recent snowstorms have delivered a double punch to Hoxworth Blood Center’s donation efforts, and Cara Nicolas, associate director of public relations, told The Times-Gazette that barely half of the needed donations for local hospitals have been collected. “The ‘snow-mageddon’ where we had all that ice and sn...

Sales tax revenues are up By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Shown (l-r) are commissioners David Daniels, Jeff Duncan and Terry Britton during Wednesday’s board meeting. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette A brief agenda Wednesday for the Highland County Board of Commissioners brought with it continued good economic news for the county. Commission chairman Jeff Duncan said the county continued to be “blessed with increased sales tax revenue.” He reported that permissive or sale tax figures were $128,951 more than last year, with the county at $211,467 for the year. “We are...