Greenfield Rallies to 'Save Our Court' as County Weighs Future of Its only Local Bench

County Court Judge Judkins speaks out against proposed court closure | The Highland County Press

As the sitting Judge of the Highland County Court, I am issuing this statement to express my strong opposition to any proposal to close the Highland County Court location in Greenfield.

Greenfield rallies to 'save our court' as county weighs future of its only local bench

GREENFIELD, Ohio — When a Greenfield police officer is subpoenaed to testify, getting to court means climbing one flight of stairs in the village building on Jefferson Street. If Highland County closes the courtroom upstairs, that walk becomes a 34-mile round trip. That arithmetic sits at the heart of Save Our Court, a grassroots campaign launched by residents of Madison Township to keep the Highland County Court’s Madison Township Division seat…