Circleville News

The board met this afternoon and voted to hire McAfee, effective Aug. 13. His salary will be $110,000 plus benefits.

State of play: The White House is pulling out all stops - or at least, plenty of stops - to build pressure on Congress to extend expiring tax credits that are vital to the wind energy industry.

As the issue of drilling for oil and gas continues to grow in Ohio, so does the influence of that... CHILLICOTHE - Chillicothe Police are investigating a road rage incident that reportedly came to blows and a man being cut with a knife.

The Local Scholarship winners for 2012 are, Andrea Black of Orient, Mariah Carey of Mount Gilead, Amy Jo Frost of Bloomingburg, Mara Gordon of Wellington, Lauren Pigg of Brookville, Sierra Jepsen of Amanda, Aaron Sollars of Washington CH, Sara Peterson of Sabina and Sytske Miedema of Circleville.

Neva E. Ladner, 91, of Myrtle Beach, SC, died May 6, in the Pickaway Manor Nursing Home in Circleville, Ohio of com-plications from a second stroke she suffered while visiting her sister, Kay.

In 1876, Genevieve Jones, a young woman from Circleville, Ohio, arrived at the Centennial International Exhibition , the first American World's Fair, in Philadelphia.

The 51st annual Tour of Scioto River Valley is set to take place this weekend, May 12-13. Organizers are anticipating nearly 3,000 cyclists.

Anyone interested in providing donations for the six area veterans to attend the National Wheelchair Games from June 24-30 in Richmond, Va., should call Joe Wrightsel at 253-1093 or send a check to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center, Voluntary Service , 17273 Ohio 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601, with "wheelchair games" in the memo line.

The Pickaway County Safety Committee will meet at 127 South Central Street in the City Hall Building in Council Chambers on the second floor on Tuesday May 8th at 7:00 pm.

One person was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Circleville.

American Electric Power customers will have the chance to make their views on the utility's proposed rate plan known at a hearing in Columbus.

President Barack Obama made a smart and gutsy move a year ago this week when he sent two U.S. CHILLICOTHE -- Although they have yet to enlist in the military, two students at Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center already are lending a hand to their future brothers and sisters in arms.