A Ross County family has lost everything in an early morning fire. Firefighters were called to 5107 Liberty Hill Road Tuesday morning. The homeowners had called 9-1-1 and said their home was on fire and that they were trapped inside. The man who lives in the home was able to scale a window that was […]
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Ross Co. Sheriff dispatcher on ventilator after DUI crash
A Ross County Sheriff’s dispatcher is on a ventilator and has been charged with DUI after crashing her car on her way to work. According to a report from the Chillicothe Police Department, Keipher Scott, 26, crashed her car Saturday night along Yocktangee Parkway while driving into work. Officers wrote in their report that just […]
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Minor accident restricts Main Street in Chillicothe
A minor crash shutdown a portion of Main Street in Chillicothe on Monday. It happened at the intersection of Main and Walnut streets just after 2 p.m. A Ford and Lincoln sedans collided in the intersection causing heavy front-end damage to both vehicles. Police responded to the scene and shutdown the eastbound lanes while firefighters […]
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Three arrested after child found with black eyes and bruises
Three people were booked into the Scioto County Jail after a child was found with black eyes and bruises. Sheriff David Thoroughman said on Monday that a mother was visiting her son in Wheelersburg when she found he had several injuries. The Sheriff reported that the child, who is 4-years-old, was living with his father […]
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Route 23 closed due to severe flooding
A major route through southern Ohio was closed after torrential downpours. Route 23 northbound near Cockrell’s Run Road between Piketon and Lucasville was closed after water started rushing across the highway Sunday afternoon. Troopers shutdown the northbound lanes after at least one vehicle became stranded. Backroads throughout southern Ohio in Ross, Fayette, Pike, and Pickaway […]
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Fines proposed for contractor after teen injured on-the-job
SOUTHWEST, OH — A 14-year-old boy allegedly working on the roof of a Berea townhome without required fall protection suffered critical injuries when he fell 20 feet to the ground. Immediately following this serious incident, the company’s owner and three other workers allegedly put on personal fall arrest equipment to complete the roofing work in an apparent […]
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Sex offender wanted by Ross Co. Sheriff for failing to register
A convicted sex offender is wanted for allegedly failing to register. Robert Allen Beddow, who goes by the street name “Robby X”, failed to register his address this week, according to the Ross County Sheriff. Beddow, 26, is a convicted tier II sex offender, which means he has to verify his home address every 180 […]
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Edith Lovina (Holycross) Gee
Obituary Edith Lovina Gee, age 70, of Piketon, Ohio, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash. She was born January 14, 1951 in Fairborn, Ohio, the daughter of William and Vedith (Elder) Holycross. She was a 1971 graduate of Paint Valley High School and a homemaker. […]
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Plane has hard landing in Fayette Co. on runway
A small airplane had a hard landing in Fayette County. It happened Wednesday at the Fayette County Airport just outside of Washington Court House. According to Fayette County Sheriff Vernon P. Stanforth, a small plane was landing on the runway when the pilot forgot to open the landing gear. “No damage to the plane or […]