Waverly News

Robert W. Wilson, 26, of 1314 Findlay St., Portsmouth and Josiah J. Ford, 25, of 19743 Ohio 772, Waverly, are facing charges of illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacturing of drugs, a third degree felony, after being arrested early Friday morning.

Obstructing official business -- Amanda Adkins, 27, of 221 E. Main St., Bainbridge, guilty, fined $50 and court costs, sentenced to one year probation and 18 days in Ross County Jail.

The award, given out by Auditor Dave Yost, is presented to local governments and school districts that meet the criteria of a "clean" audit.

A local woman contacted Ross County Sheriff's Deputies after she woke to find her 1-year-old was missing.

He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on Dec. 21, 1959, a son of Charles E. McKnight Jr. of Waverly, Ohio, and the late Kathleen McKnight.

With bleak forecasts and pop-up showers around the area, PRP hustled threw the show in order to get in before Mother Nature could wash it out.

A Pike County grand jury this past week indicted Lorrie A. Thornsberry, 38, of 6623 Beaver Pike Road, on a fourth-degree felony theft charge.

An area of Route 220 will close from 8:00 a.m. until the end of the work day beginning June 6th.

According to Waverly Police Chief Larry Roe, officers from the Waverly Police Department Special Response Team and the Ohio State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant at 1:12 a.m. Thursday at 207 W. Fourth St., following an investigation into the sale of illegal drugs.

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.