Richmond Dale News

Graves of veterans were desecrated recently near Richmond Dale. Saturday, July 4, 2009 Shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, the Ross County Sheriff's Department responded to to a theft complaint at the Richmond Dale Cemetery in Jefferson Township, Ross County.

Gov. Strickland has proposed an additional 30 percent reduction in the Public Library Fund effective July 1 to try and meet the state budget.

Our summer reading program, Bookworm, is off and running with the kickoff last Monday.

WHAT: State Rep. Clyde Evans open door public meetings WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 15 WHERE: Richmond Dale branch of public library MORE INFO: An opportunity to meet and discuss state issues with Evans, who represents part of Ross County.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a tornado warning for eastern Ross County, including Londonderry and Richmond Dale, until 10:30 p.m. At 10:18 p.m., the weather service radar indicated a severe thunderstorm that likely was producing a tornado.

Several local government entities have scheduled or rescheduled upcoming meetings.

Several Ross County communities and townships have been included in the county's Community Development Block Grant application for 2009.

Veterans Memorial Day Service sponsored by Chillicothe Parks and Recreation Department will be 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial on Yoctangee Parkway.

Local boards and committees have set meetings for next week. The Ross County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 1 p.m. Monday in Conference Room A at the Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave.

Ross County wants to help Richmond Dale residents fix up their homes, and they've scheduled a special meeting next week to tell homeowners how.

Two major projects in Richmond Dale and Frankfort are being submitted to the Appalachian Regional Commission as top priorities for funding.

Theft - Natoshia E. Bostwick, 26, of 2776 Stone Road, guilty, fined $50 and court costs, sentenced to one-year probation and three days in Ross County Jail, barred from entering BP Oil Stations; May 1. Receiving stolen property - Joshua Brown, 24, of Greenfield, case dismissed because defendant is deceased; May 1. Disorderly conduct intoxication ...

A minor rehabilitation project on U.S. 35 in Ross and Jackson counties will get under way Monday as crews from Shelly & Sands Inc.

At 2 p.m. Sunday at the Northside branch library, the Friends of the Library will sponsor Jerry McDonald of McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co.

NELSON - Derek and Ronnie , boy, Carter Matthew, March 11 at Adena Regional Medical Center, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, 20 inches long.

RICHMOND DALE - No one was seriously injured when a sewer truck and an empty school bus collided Tuesday afternoon.

A pair of drivers received minor injuries in an accident on westbound U.S. 35 near Richmond Dale around 3 p.m. involving a school bus and a sewage truck.

Nearly three years after a Memorial Day 2006 shooting incident, former Jefferson Township president Robert Wiles was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for aggravated assault with a gun specification.

When you're a small child, the Easter holiday usually means two things to you - Easter baskets full of goodies and getting bundled up to look through bushes and behind trees for as many Easter eggs as you can find.

When: 4 and 7 p.m. today. Where: Ross County Fairgrounds, 344 Fairgrounds Road, Chillicothe.