CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Chillicothe Halloween Festival returns this year after a 2020 hiatus due to COVID-19. Organizers of the event announced that registration is open for those wishing to compete in the 2021 Coffin Race. The contest is for teams who have made their own homemade coffins. The race is a side-by-side competition that runs […]
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Ross Co. Sheriff is searching for missing runaway
ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — The Ross County Sheriff is looking for a 17-year-old runaway, reported missing Friday evening. According to the Sheriff, Abrianna Ooten ran away from her home on Mt. Carmel Road in Ross County. Reports say Ooten was last seen Friday, around 11 p.m. Abrianna is 5′ 1″ tall, 170 lbs., with reddish-brown hair […]
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Multiple fire crews battle blaze in Bainbridge
ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — Fire and EMS from Pike and Ross counties responded to a house fire in Bainbridge. It happened in the 1400 blocks of Schmidt Road around 10:30 p.m. Friday. 9-1-1 dispatchers received a call from a frantic resident who said that their outside air conditioning unit had caught fire and that it […]
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Melissa Sue Rodgers
Melissa Sue Rodgers, 68, of Stoutsville, Ohio passed away August 5, 2021 at her home after a 2 ½ yearlong courageous battle with brain cancer. Melissa was born July 6, 1953 in Washington Court House, Ohio to the late Maynard John and Martha Jane (Eye) Mickle. She and her husband were longtime residents of Pickaway […]
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Martha Jane Wait
Martha Jane Wait, age 78, of Lynchburg, passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at Crestwood Ridge Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation in Hillsboro. She was born on October 18, 1942 in Albany, Kentucky, the daughter of the late William Jesse and Georgia Ada (Honeycutt) Norris. She was a homemaker and devoted mother. She is survived […]
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William Thomas “Bill” Durbin
William Thomas “Bill” Durbin, 93, of Piketon, Ohio passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Adena Pike Medical Center in Waverly. He was born September 3, 1927 in Irvine, Kentucky, son of the late Amos Marion and Syntha Ann (Sandlin) Durbin. On December 2, 1949 he was united in marriage to Doris Evelyn Durbin who […]
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Wanda Leota Roe
Wanda Leota Roe, 92, of Piketon, Ohio passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2021 at Traditions of Bristol Village in Waverly. She was born March 24, 1929 in Felicity, Ohio daughter of the late Herbert Joe and Genevieve Gertrude Bolender. On June 19, 1954 she was united in marriage to Wilmer Basil Roe who preceded her […]
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Donald “Don” J. McClanahan
Donald “Don” J. McClanahan, age 88, of Blanchester, passed away Sunday August 1, 2021, at the Dayton VA Medical Center. He was born on June 29, 1933, in Williamstown, Kentucky, the son of the late Joseph Roy McClanahan and Cassie Ann (Sanders) McClanahan. Don worked many years as an engineer for General Electric and he […]
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Richard Douglas Fenwick
Richard Douglas Fenwick, 82 of Ashville, OH passed away at home on August 4, 2021. Dick was born on February 2, 1939 to the late Paul Munson and Ruby Bell (Rhodes) Fenwick in Dayton, OH. Dick was a 1957 graduate of Troy High School and attended Miami-Jacobs Career Community College in Dayton. He served […]
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Ronald L. Wills
Ronald L. Wills, 87, of Chillicothe, died at 8:55am Thursday, August 5, 2021, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born June 15, 1934, in Chillicothe, to the late Earnest F. and Dolores E. (Speakman) Wills. In June of 1978, he married the former Marjorie E. Burns, who preceded him in death on […]