Jacob Clary

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.

Pictured is the New Vienna Lions Club May meeting, those being, left to right, member Kevin Croghan, guest speaker and author of “The Bells Heard Round the World: C. S. Bell and His Secret Formula,” Tim Koehl and president Jacob Fox

A Wilmington woman sentenced to prison for meth possession was among four people sentenced in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

The Highland County Board of Commissioners approved a Community Development Block Grant application for improvements for the Highland County Senior Citizens Center at the board’s weekly Wednesday morning meeting.

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.

Following an executive session on the morning of Friday, May 15, 2026, the board of the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank) approved the resignation of Jason Johansen, former land bank administrator.

The 2026 City of Hillsboro Festival of the Bells will be headlined by Caleb and John, Chris Cagle and Thunderstruck, which will be held from July 2 to July 4.

New details on the expansion of the 211 support number were discussed at the weekly Wednesday morning meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.

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.

The Spectrum American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) project to bring fiber internet to underserved parts of Highland County is about 50 percent done, according to Sam Bain, a representative of Charter Communications, at the weekly Wednesday morning meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.