CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — On a federal holiday that honors one of the country’s leading civil rights movants, two black police officers remain on leave in a city that is being sued for racial discrimination. While Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day across the country, black officers — who the Guardian is not naming — […]
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Multiple crashes reported across Fayette Co.
FAYETTE COUNTY, Oho — Motorists are being advised to exercise caution while driving this evening as multiple crashes have been reported across the region. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has confirmed that roads are beginning to get slick in certain areas, with Fayette County being particularly affected. At least one serious crash has occurred […]
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Larry Eugene Crary, 80
Larry Eugene Crary, age 80, of Lynchburg, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at The Laurel’s of Hillsboro. He was born the son of the late Kendall and Lucielle Washburn Crary on April 23, 1942 in Blanchester. Larry was an excellent pool player and loved to go fishing! He was a former member of the […]
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Earl Paul Holbrook, 80
Earl Paul Holbrook age 80 passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 at his home. He was born January 31, 1942 in Dodsonville, Ohio the son of the late Virgil B. and Virginia M. Lowe Holbrook. Mr. Holbrook had retired after 34 years of driving a truck for Yellow Freight and Yellow Roadway Trucking Company. He was […]
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Violet Irene Taylor, 87
Violet Irene “Hot Rod” Smith Taylor, 87, of Lucasville, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at SOMC Hospice. She was born on March 17, 1935 in Buena Vista to the late Clarence and Mina Sowards Smith. She was united in marriage to the late Cleston “Mose” Taylor. Surviving are her children; Tim, Mark, Duane […]
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Patricia A Dunlavey, 84
Patricia A. Dunlavey, age 84, of Hillsboro, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2023 at her home. She was born the daughter of the late Charles Draper and Kathleen Hayden Lakes on September 14, 1938 in Glouster, Ohio. Patricia worked as a waitress for over 60 years. She is remembered as a loving and caring person. […]
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William Louis “Bill” Mayer, 88
William Louis “Bill” Mayer, age 88, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday January 11, 2023, at the Dayton VA Medical Center. He was born on October 10, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of the late Joseph Clarence Mayer and Edna Ruth (Moore) Mayer. Bill was a 1952 graduate of Hillsboro High School, and after high […]
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John C. Wilson, 71
John C. Wilson, 71, of Chillicothe passed 2:33 pm Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at OSU Wexner Medical Center. He was born December 7, 1951 to the late Melvin Jack Wilson and Fairy Mae Johnson Weidauer. On December 13, 1975 he married Bonnie Carroll who survives. Also surviving is his mother-in-law, Ethel Carroll of Clarksburg. He […]
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Bernice Breeden, 87
On January 12, 2023 God sent two of his angels to earth to escort Bernice Savage Breeden to her final resting place in heaven. Bernice had fulfilled God’s purposes on earth and he was calling her to spend eternity with him. Bernice was born October 9, 1935 at home on the west side of Dayton, […]
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Marcia J. Hoey, 87
Marcia Jane Batteiger Hoey, 87, of Chillicothe, died peacefully January 6, 2023, at her residence in the care of her family. Marcia was born November 20, 1935 in Chillicothe, Ohio to the late Russell and Elizabeth “Libby” (Mettler) Batteiger. On March 17, 1962 at the Presbyterian Chapel, she married James Tennent Hoey, who died October […]