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The Patriot Public House, a new restaurant currently under construction on West Main Street in Hillsboro, could be open in as few as six months, according to the restaurant’s owner, Angel Mootz.

Former designated hitter and corner infielder Travis Shaw, who played for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball at age 32 this week.

The gas price has fallen by 5 cents since last week with only one week until Thanksgiving, with the national gas price down 14 cents since one month ago, according to an American Automobile Association (AAA) news release.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an — emu?

The Leesburg Lions Club’s 33rd annual Luminaria will be held this Sunday, Dec. 11 with the hope that all village residents will help the community celebrate the real meaning of Christmas.

In the kitchen with Sharon this week is Steven Holland (my Facebook friend) with his famous caramel corn. This looks delicious.

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.

WAVERLY — A woman who helped plan the 2016 slayings of eight members of another family, a crime that shook rural southern Ohio and stymied investigators for over two years, says the massacre was her husband’s idea.

A Leesburg man was sentenced in Highland County Common Pleas Court to 45 months in prison for pandering obscenity and tampering with evidence.

The Washington Lady Lion wrestling team followed up winning their first sanctioned dual meet on Dec. 7 by winning their first-ever Frontier Athletic Conference dual meet on Dec. 8. The Lady Lions defeated McClain by a score of 42-18.