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Remembering fallen veterans, those who serve Following a moment of silence, members of the Highland County Veterans Honor Guard, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Highland County Veterans Services Office participated in a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday morning at the veterans memorial on the Highland County courthouse square. Honor Guard veteran Gerold Wilkin rendered a military salute as, shown from left, veterans service office outreach coordinator Steph Roland and Pat Young of the local DAR formally laid the wreath as part of the national Wreaths Across America observance. Acco...

‘Christmas Star’ conjunction seen overhead Monday By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, as seen in the night sky Sunday in southern Highland County. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette The National Weather Service forecasted cloudy skies Monday night, which thwarted Highland County’s budding astronomers from witnessing an event that has not occurred in nearly eight centuries: the “great conjunction” of the planets Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky. Although the astronomical phenomenon normally occurs every 20 years, this year�...

The first popular American carol: ‘We Three Kings’ By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com This nativity is displayed outside the Turner and Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Even though the Bible says that the three wise men weren’t present at the birth of Jesus, it is still a traditional reminder of the real reason for the season. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Editor’s Note — It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “sound track.” The Times-Gazette today presents part eight of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Ch...

Attempting to answer ‘What Child Is This?’ By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Seventeeth-century artist Bartolome Murillo’s painting of “Adoration of the Shepherds” from the 1960 Devotional Family Bible. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents the ninth installment of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the stories and history behind some of the bes...

Jailed poets, Christmas deals, snowstorms 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 back in the day. This week in 1885, The Hillsboro Gazette reported that Christmas travelers could enjoy palace sleeping cars when they traveled with the Columbus & Cincinnati Midland railroad. The railroad boasted low rates, fastest times, and the b...