Circleville News

They will meet in regular open and executive session. The Circleville City Schools Board of Education will meet in regular session on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at Everts Middle School, 520 South Court Street, Circleville, Ohio.

District leaders and students breathed sighs of relief Wednesday after learning that an operating levy in the South-Western City School District passed by a slim margin.

TARLTON - An automobile-versus-buggy collision left no one injured but the horse that pulled an Amish family along Ohio 159 Tuesday afternoon.

Council and village races, along with board of education and local issues highlight interest for many areas.

CIRCLEVILLE: Adam Webster 'Webb' Haynes, 95, of Circleville, died Monday November 2, 2009 at Pickaway Manor.

There is no shortage of hotly-contested issues on Tuesday's ballot. Voters are being asked to decide the fates of more than 20 school levy and bond issues, along with statewide issues pertaining to war bonds, livestock regulation and future of casinos in Ohio.

The Pickaway County District Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 18, while it switches to a new computer catalog system.

Canal Winchester Village Council members have pledged not to accept the 25 percent raises they voted to give themselves this summer, after the mayor said he wouldn't take a raise.

Athens' Ridge Robinson who is red shirting this cross country season at Ohio University took the team from the start at Circleville High School and cruised the neighborhood to easily win with the 22nd annual Circleville Classic 5 Miler with his 23:55 clocking.

Halloween is more than a time to surrender to our fantasies and dress up in intriguing costumes, masking us from the world's scrutiny.

Announcing the Circleville Pumpkin Show, with its seven parades and 100,000 daily attendees, is more than a one-person job.

Jim Reed is this week's honored World War II Veteran. Jim was born April 7, 1924 in Scioto Township, just south of Commercial Point.

Bob and Jo Liggett's pumpkin set a record for Circleville, but not globally. Bob and Jo Liggett's portly pumpkin was a big one - a Circleville Pumpkin Show record, in fact - but it came up short of claiming the world record today.

The Pickaway County General Health District will conduct an H1N1 Flu Clinic for pregnant women on Wednesday, October 28th at the health department located at 465 E. Ohio, Circleville, OH 43113.

Once a year in Circleville, some of the biggest pumpkins in the area are brought to be weighed in.

This far famed and unique agricultural exhibit and street fair had its humble origin in October, 1903, when George R. Haswell, then Mayor of Circleville, and superintendent of the water works, conceived the idea of holding a small exhibit in front of his place on West Main Street.

With organizers expecting as many as 300,000 visitors over the four-and-a-half day run of the Circleville Pumpkin Festival, it has cemented its place as a top destination every autumn for regional residents still looking to capture a last taste of outdoor festival fun before winter weather arrives.

The Ohio State University Extension offices of Ross and Pickaway counties are offering a three-day workshop on making cheese Nov.

The Circleville Pumpkin Show officially kicks off this week. The festival, now in it's 106th year, will begin Wednesday, October 21st and run through Saturday, October 24th on the Downtown Streets of Circleville.

Next to the Fall Festival of Leaves in Bainbridge which wraps up today, the Circleville Pumpkin Festival is a top destination every autumn for local residents still looking to capture a last taste of outdoor festival fun before winter weather arrives.