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Local schools last on vaccine list By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com The five Highland County public school districts, plus two parochial and one private school, are on Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule for the week of Feb. 22. Bright Local, Fairfield Local, Greenfield Exempted Village, Hillsboro City and Lynchburg-Clay School districts are on the list of nearly 400 other schools for the last week of February, which also includes Hillsboro Christian Academy, St. Mary Catholic School and Stonewall Academy. The vaccines for Ohio K-12 schools have been scheduled fo...

Highland Co. court trials on YouTube By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Coss HILLSBORO — Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss announced Monday that all hearings and trials taking place in the court’s general division will be livestreamed on YouTube. “This includes hearings being conducted in-person, by video from the Highland County Jail, by Zoom or other remote technology,” Coss said in a news release. “If you want to watch proceedings, simply type in Highland County Common Pleas Court on YouTube to locate the court’s YouTube channel.” He said that ...

Big pigs, gassy water and near-record cold 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 1875, the Highland Weekly News reported temperatures plummeted to 10 degrees below zero, causing “frosted fingers, noses and ears in town and vicinity, but nothing of a very serious nature.” The paper reported on a �...

New Market I & II solar farm projects debated By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Wright There were no fireworks during the Ohio Power Siting Board’s (OPSB)public hearing held Tuesday night remotely on both YouTube and Webex, but while eight people gave thumbs up to the proposed New Market I & II solar farms, three others were steadfastly against it. At issue is the Hecate Energy proposal to construct a combined 100-megawatt solar power generating facility on nearly 1,000 acres of land in southeastern Highland County in Whiteoak and Clay townships. The Chicago-based energy comp...

Recorder outlines progress By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Highland County Recorder Chad McConnaughey briefs county commissioners Wednesday on progress his office made in 2021, and goals for the upcoming year. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Highland County Recorder Chad McConnaughey gave the board of commissioners an annual progress report Wednesday concerning accomplishments and progress made in his office last year. “It was a very busy year for us,” he said in his briefing. “With interest rates the way they were, real estate was really moving and that meant lots of...