Waverly News

Waverly's annual Street Fest runs this Friday and Saturday. Find food and fun on Market Street July 10th and 11th.

WAVERLY - A Goldendoodle belonging to a Waverly couple earned the honor of the 'Official Fetcher' of the Pike Pet Pals for 2009.

ASHLAND, Ky. - A Chillicothe worship band will open for a national Christian act after winning an online vote.

The eighth annual Appalachian Music Festival is ready to fill the air with music Saturday at Pike Lake State Park.

WAVERLY: Robert Garner Lambert, 77 of Morgan Fork Rd. Waverly, died Thursday June 25, 2009 at the Adena Regional Medical, Chillicothe, OH.

WAVERLY - An area autism support group spent Saturday at Walnut Creek Park in an effort to get the word out about autism and that they are there to help.

WAVERLY - The Garnet A. Wilson Public Library, 207 N. Market St., Waverly has announced a group of Pike County residents is organizing a Friends of the Library group.

Pike County residents know something about the dangers of nuclear energy, but they also understand the need for jobs in Appalachia.

Five local fire departments converged on a sawmill in rural Pike County Saturday after a fire broke out.

Thursday's announcement, although something of a surprise to some local elected and economic development officials gathered for the ceremony, was universally applauded as a future benefit to southern Ohio as a whole.

A full slate of activities is already slated for the upcoming Waverly Street Festival, and more are still in the works, the event's coordinator told Waverly City Council Tuesday night.

It's barely 8 a.m. on a recent spring morning and the phone is already ringing with calls for help at the OSU Extension offices in Waverly and Chillicothe.

The Chillicothe Post, state patrol is investigating a possible suicide that occurred at approximately 2:37 am. on Ohio 104 at mile post 12 in Pike County According to a news release, Richard Maggard 19, from Piketon was operating a 1992 Dodge Dynasty southbound on Ohio 104 when he struck Branden Benner, 24 of Waverly.

A 24 year old Waverly man was killed early Sunday after a car ran over him while he was lying in the Northound lane of State Route 104 in Pike County.

The income eligibility guidelines for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program to provide free and reduced-price meals to students have been announced.

WAVERLY - Low-cost veterinary care for qualifying households will come to Pike County next month.

Relatives of workers who died of exposure to radiation or toxic materials at a Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio are fighting a ruling by state officials that keeps them from receiving workers' compensation death benefits.

The Pike Soil & Water Conservation District is looking for a special picture of a farm scene or a scene showing good conservation of the land in Pike County.

CINCINNATI - Relatives of workers who died of exposure to radiation or toxic materials at a Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio are fighting a ruling by state officials that keeps them from receiving workers' compensation death benefits.

RILEY - DOUGLAS: Nathaniel Alan Riley, 23, of Chillicothe, cart associate/cashier, and Lacey Dainnie Douglas, 20, of Chillicothe, kennel tech.