A local elementary school has their first positive COVID-19 case. It was announced Monday night by Circleville Elementary that someone within the building has tested positive for the deadly virus. The announcement by the school did not say if it was a staff member or student who tested positive. The district is sending a letter […]
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Local Democrats to hold event in Chillicothe on Saturday
The local Democratic Party in Ross County announced this week that they are holding an event in Chillicothe. The event is a socially-distanced “drive-thru” event for the public to get to know candidates and to receive information and yard signs. “We will be passing out Biden/Harris signs, along with other state and local candidates,” said […]
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Columbus officer arrested on child porn charges
A Columbus police officer has been charged with child pornography. According to police, officer Raymond A. Rose, III, filmed a video of a 10-year-old girl in a bedroom while she was nude in July. The video was reviewed on Rose’s cell phone and clearly depicted a child, police said. Rose is also charged with distributing […]
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WCH officer forced to resign for calling Derek Pfeifer a “pedophile”
A Washington Court House Police Officer was forced to resign after he allegedly indirectly called another officer a “pedophile” while attacking more than half the police force in the process. Officer Logan George resigned his position from the police department on September 8 after he struck a deal with the city. The Guardian was provided […]
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Chillicothe man charged with racial intimidation
A Chillicothe man was charged on Tuesday with racial intimidation after police report he verbally attacked two black children.
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Theft from Chillicothe Wal-Mart results in dangerous high speed chase
A man and a woman who allegedly stole from Wal-Mart on Friday caused a serious accident after a high-speed chase. It all went down around 7 p.m. in Chillicothe after police received a 9-1-1 call from loss prevention that a man and woman shoplifted from the store. When police were arriving, the couple was pulling […]
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Suspended Pike Co. Sheriff pleads guilty to charges
The suspended Sheriff of Pike County has pleaded guilty to some of the many charges he is facing in connection to allegations of corruption in office. Sheriff Charles S. Reader appeared in court on Thursday in Pike County with his attorney, Jim Bougler, of Chillicothe. Reader, most known for the lead investigator behind Ohio’s biggest […]
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PLEASE SHARE: Missing Circleville teenager
The Circleville Police Department is attempting to locate a missing 15 year old by the name of Aliyha Francis. Aliyah was last seen in the area of Mingo Street and Lancaster Pike wearing a Columbus Blue Jackets jacket and grey pants. Please call the Police Department at 740-474-8888 with any information.
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Inmate hangs himself in Ross Co. jail
An inmate hanged himself in the Ross County Jail on Friday. It happened at around 3:30 p.m. While details are limited, the Guardian has learned that the inmate was found hanging by other inmates and corrections officers. An ambulance was called to the law enforcement complex and the man was rushed to Adena Regional Medical […]
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School resource officer let go after drug past resurfaces
A school resource officer in Pike County was let go after the school learned of his admitted drug past. Derek Barbee, 33, was assigned to the Eastern Local Schools district as their resource officer; it is a job he started last month. On Tuesday, the Guardian ran a story about Barbee’s admitted drug past in […]