Pickerington News

The most experienced speller remaining in the National Spelling Bee breezed through most of two semifinal rounds with his usual confidence.

Nicholas Rushlow, of Pickerington, Ohio, correctly spells "kanaima" during round 6 in the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md.

COLUMBUS, Ohio An 8th-grader from Pickerington has another chance to become the nation's best young speller.

Pickerington officials last week hosted an initial meeting for a group of municipalities and agencies seeking to collaborate to lower water tank maintenance costs.

The 14-year-old eighth grader from Pickerington, Ohio, strutted confidently to the microphone in a preliminary round on Wednesday morning, high-fiving a fellow competitor who'd just missed a word.

Contestants in the National Spelling Bee take the written exam on computers, May 29, 2012.

If 13-year-old Tabitha Wells of Vandalia was nervous during her first on-stage appearance at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, she's pretty good at hiding it.

In their way, they are Olympians and spelling superheroes rolled into one. They leap words such as "humuhumunukunukuapuaa" in a single bound.

Samantha Quinn, 3, and her mother, Monica, play in the cool waters at Creekside in Gahanna.

The Lady Braves have made school history with their first trip to the Softball State Final Four, beating Warsaw River View 4-2 in the Division 2 Regional Championship at Pickerington.

Streets in a small subdivision south of Pickerington are restricted by police while officers attempt to serve a warrant on a wanted man in a residence in the area.

Five of eight public school districts in Fairfield County met state standards on all five of the Ohio Graduation Tests, according to preliminary results recently released from the Ohio Department of Education.

Before she was 2, her mother recalls, Lori Anne Madison was reading her first book - Dr.

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Six Pickerington Local School District schools were placed on lockdown today, May 23, according to a letter sent home to parents.

A man accused of driving into a sheriff deputy's vehicle was indicted by a Fairfield County grand jury.

Pickerington police said on Tuesday that they wanted the public's help finding the person responsible for stealing televisions from two hotels.

Author Ben Mikaleson will speak at Diley Middle School on Preston Trails Drive in Pickerington Tuesday, speaking about his book on bullying.

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Lots of runners turn out for the third annual iRunfor Jonah, a benefit 5k run in Pickerington.