Pickaway County News

The final tallies in four school board and council elections on Nov. 3 are heading to a mandatory recount next week.

Columbus' jobless rate rose to 8.5 percent in October, increasing nearly in lockstep with the unemployment rise across the state for the month, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Tuesday.

DASH- Danielle's Animal Safe Haven offers animals a safe place of protection for just about every kind of animal.

H1N1 vaccination clinics will be held in the area for certain age groups and people with medical conditions.

Help for victims of domestic violence Talk to a friend, neighbor, minister, or doctor Set aside money, important documents such as birth certificates, a spare set of car keys, and clothing to gather quickly in a crisis Contact a local domestic violence organization for help with housing, legal matters and counseling Direct-help organizations ...

Fayette County Commissioner Bob Peterson is gearing up for a run at Ohio's 85th District state House seat held by Chillicothe native Ray Pryor.

Help for victims of domestic violence Talk to a friend, neighbor, minister, or doctor Set aside money, important documents such as birth certificates, a spare set of car keys, and clothing to gather quickly in a crisis Contact a local domestic violence organization for help with housing, legal matters and counseling Direct-help organizations ...

A gas leak on a newly constructed pipeline crossing Fayette County has caused the road closure and r bent evacuation of the immediate area.

The typical Election-Day glitches have surfaced at some polling locations today, including a precinct in Logan County where voters weren't getting the second page of their optical-scan ballots, but the problems are being corrected and no widespread concerns are being reported as of 4 p.m., the secretary of state's office said.

This week Ross and Pickaway Counties will begin their free H1N1 vaccinations. The Ross County Health District is beginning their free school-based H1N1 vaccination clinics this week.

At the end of the summer, my cranberry-bush viburnum lost nearly all of its leaves.

Anthony Daughterty- 46, Circleville, Plead not guilty to Nonsupport of Dependents.

Seven central Ohio residents are among the 2009 inductees for the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame who will be honored at a ceremony Friday.

Canal Winchester Village Council members have pledged not to accept the 25 percent raises they voted to give themselves this summer, after the mayor said he wouldn't take a raise.

Albert J. Roese is one of twenty veterans to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Governor Ted Strickland has announced the 2009 inductees to the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame which includes a veteran from Pickaway County.

October 31st HARVEST PARTY Family of Faith Community Church . Games- Prizes-Candy! Call 740-420-7328 for more information.

The Fairfield County commissioners agreed last week to increase the county sales tax by a quarter percent.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio's Emerald Ash Borer quarantine was expanded today by the Ohio Department of Agriculture to include Pickaway County.

The emerald ash borer has been found for the first time in Pickaway County. An Ohio Department of Agriculture surveyor found a borer larva in the limb of a dying ash tree at a Rt.

The windows of downtown Circleville were decorated and displayed for the Annual Pumpkin Show Window Trimming Contest.