Cynthiana News

A Chillicothe couple was flown by medical helicopter to OSU Hospital Tuesday night after their motorcycle collided with a deer on State Route 41 near Cynthiana.

Ruth Johnson, 79 years, of Peebles, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center.

George Black, accused of causing the death of Bobby Nibert on January 13, 2011, has been found guilty on all three charges facing him in Ross County Common Pleas Court.

In opening statements, Ross County prosecutor Matt Schmidt described how George Black rammed Bobby Nibert full-tilt through a guardrail and a privacy fence, and then fled in teh truck to Cynthiana.