Waverly News

The Chillicothe VA Medical Center has started an initiative called the Veterans Transportation Service, which is designed to help Pike County veterans with transportation needs to their appointments with the Chillicothe VA.

Miami Trace finished 6th rank in the state. The Panthers who won the SCOL baseball title & a sectional championship are next in action Tuesday night against Warren Local in the district semi-finals at Ohio University in Athens.

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Fern Helton Bandy, 81, of Waverly, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Friday May 10, 2013.

According to Kim Bauer, Executive Director of the Portsmouth-Scioto County Visitors Bureau, an estimated 2,100 cyclists are expected to roll into Portsmouth Saturday as a part of the 52nd annual Tour Of the Scioto River Valley .

Miami Trace despite splitting a week ago Saturday at the Urbana Baseball Classic moved up a notch as the polls saw a major shakeup especially in Division 2 rankings.

12:04 p.m. -- Sycamore Street; fire unit, assist. 2:17 p.m. -- Warner Avenue and East Main Street; medic.

A Pike County woman was involved in an injury accident in Hillsboro, Friday. Police say Amanda Grooms, of Waverly, was on South East Street and tried to make a left turn at the light but struck a northbound vehicle driven by Dara Prater, of Hillsboro.

Ralph Dick Spradlin passed away April 23, 2013, at the Veterans Medical Center in Houston.

* Obstructing official business, disorderly conduct intoxication -- William E. Boyd, 35, of Columbus, case dismissed without prejudice because defendant is in jail in another county and awaiting federal charges.

Two people face drug-related charges following a raid in Waverly. Pike County Sheriff Richard Henderson says his office served a search warrant at 159 Wadsworth Avenue, Wednesday night, and seized heroin, drug paraphernalia, and over $127,900 in cash, which is believed to have been obtained through the sale of narcotics.