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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Ross County commissioners will hold a public hearing on the county’s comprehensive plan at 9:30 a.m. Monday, according to the board’s meeting agenda. The hearing is scheduled shortly after the board convenes its regular meeting at 9 a.m. at the Ross County Courthouse, 2 North Paint Street, Suite H, in Chillicothe. A […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Ross County fire crews battled a working structure fire in the basement of a home along Glenn Drive in Union Township shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to initial emergency radio traffic. Crews were first dispatched for a report of a large fire in the basement, and units arriving on scene confirmed […]
HILLSBORO, Ohio — Residents who couldn’t get through on Team Rubicon’s disaster response line this week can try calling again, the Highland County Emergency Management Agency said, after a technical issue was affecting some incoming calls to the number. The hotline, (213) 815-0231, connects callers with the veteran-led nonprofit’s crews conducting free home damage assessments, […]
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The Pickaway County Engineer’s Office closed Canal Road on Thursday after rising water made the roadway impassable, according to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office. Canal Road is shut down between Melvin Stone Road and State Route 104, the sheriff’s office said in an advisory issued at 5:01 p.m. No timeline was given […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A crash involving an overturned load shut down the eastbound ramp connecting state Route 104 to U.S. 35 for roughly a half hour Thursday afternoon, according to initial emergency radio traffic. Crews were dispatched to a crash in the area eastbound shortly after 3:30 p.m., radio traffic indicated. Units on scene later […]
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Logan Elm High School has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best High Schools” rankings for the second consecutive year, according to the Logan Elm Local School District. The school ranked 4,205 out of 17,945 public high schools nationwide, placing it in the top 23% in the country, the […]
PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio — U.S. Route 23 southbound is shut down at State Route 762 following a motor vehicle crash, the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday afternoon. The closure was reported in an advisory issued at 3:32 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. No information on injuries or the vehicles involved was released. It […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Drivers on North Bridge Street will face a new traffic pattern beginning Tuesday as the Ohio Department of Transportation moves into the next phase of its multi-year safety project along the State Route 159 corridor. Starting Aug. 25, ODOT crews will begin reconstructing the existing northbound lanes of Bridge Street, according to […]
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Pickaway County officials closed two roadway locations Thursday morning after rising water made them impassable, according to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office. State Route 752 at a set of railroad tracks, along with the intersection of State Route 104 and State Route 762, were shut down due to high water, the sheriff’s […]
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Routine mosquito surveillance has turned up West Nile virus in the central and eastern parts of the city, and the Portsmouth City Health Department has scheduled insecticide treatment for Thursday to knock back the local mosquito population. The positive pools were identified in areas near Charles Street, Brown Street and Gallia Street, […]
SUGAR TREE RIDGE, Ohio — A crew of about 30 Team Rubicon volunteers has arrived in Highland County to help residents clean up storm damage and is asking the community for help feeding the group during its stay, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office said. The volunteers, who are camping at a church camp on state […]
WAVERLY, Ohio — The judge overseeing the capital murder case against George “Billy” Wagner III has refused to tell the surviving members of the Rhoden family where the final defendant in the 2016 Pike County massacre will stand trial, ruling Tuesday that victims are not entitled to know the new venue before the state and […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Crews freed an entrapped patient following a three-vehicle crash on State Route 180 at Dry Run Road in Green Township Tuesday evening, according to initial emergency radio traffic. Green Township fire and EMS units were dispatched to the area shortly after 5:30 p.m. for a report of a three-vehicle crash with possible […]
HILLSBORO, Ohio — An 18-year-old Highland County man was arrested Tuesday after a contractor discovered broken windows and blood at a home in the 2400 block of State Route 138, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office received a 911 call at approximately 11:40 a.m. from a contractor who had arrived at the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Lancaster man was sentenced Tuesday to 80 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio. Carson A. Bigham, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson. He was arrested on federal charges in May 2025 and was […]
WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio — Westfall Local School District students won’t pay class fees or athletic pay-to-participate fees during the 2026-2027 school year after the district’s Board of Education voted Monday night to rescind fee schedules it had previously approved. The board had already adopted a fiscal year 2027 class fee schedule and a separate pay-to-participate fee […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — South Paint Street will close to through traffic Tuesday between Eighth Street and the alley between Seventh and Eighth streets while crews repair a water line, according to the city’s Utilities Department. Crews are scheduled to be on site by 7:30 a.m., with repairs expected to wrap up by 4 p.m., the […]
