Pike County News

The following traffic advisory includes road construction and major maintenance projects requiring lane restrictions and/or road closures along the state and federal highway system within ODOT District 9. For additional information regarding projects throughout the state, visit www.buckeyetraffic.org Pike County Coldicott Hill Road is closed at ...

PIKETON -- The Pike County Sheriff's Office arrested two Piketon men in connection with the break-in at the Clark's Pump 'N' Shop.

WAVERLY -- With the weather expected for this weekend, it might seem more suited to a celebration of Easter than Christmas.

Library board members will consider putting a levy request on the May ballot to restore hours at county branches and reopen the Northside branch on Buckeye Street.

A Pike County man was killed Sunday afternoon as he rode his bicycle on U.S. 23 near George Hollow Road in Ross County.

Editor, the Gazette: This letter is in response to an op-ed piece from Rob Portman concerning the recent denial of a federal loan guarantee to the United States Enrichment Corporation.

WAVERLY, Ohioa 'An Ohio man accused of kidnapping and beating his estranged wife has avoided trial on eight of nine charges because of a prosecutora TMs paperwork error.

WAVERLY - Pike County residents had a new place to honor veterans this year in Waverly's Canal Park.

The mother of two children killed in a Marion fire in May pleaded not guilty to four child-endangering charges yesterday in Marion County Common Pleas Court.

Pike County residents are breathing a collecting sigh of relief after a major employer in Waverly indicates it will sell its operation to another company that will keep production going.

A paperwork error by the Pike County prosecutor may have helped a local mother's alleged attacker walk out of jail.

WAVERLY -- A recent meeting over people and times past helped form a new friendship between a Waverly genealogist and a fourth grader.

Pike County voters Tuesday told the county's library system with their votes the library's services are worth paying a little more in taxes.

The Hamilton County coroner will use dental records to identify a man who died in a crash Thursday morning.

Editor, the Gazette: Perhaps you are one of the more than 23,000 active library card holders in Pike County.

The Chillicothe post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle fatal crash that occurred in Pike County this morning.

Officials are investigating a fatal crash in Pike County early Thursday. The crash occurred on U.S. 23 at milepost 16 at about 1:55 a.m. According to the Chillicothe Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2003 Dodge truck was traveling northbound on U.S. 23 when it veered from the left side of the roadway, striking a guardrail, drain grate and ...

The Fourth District Court of Appeals will convene at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 12 in the Pike County Common Pleas Courtroom at the courthouse in Waverly to consider cases from Athens, Jackson and Washington counties.

Editor, the Gazette: My husband and I have lived in Pike County for almost 45 years.

LATA/Parallax Portsmouth, LLC and the Garnet A. Wilson Public Library in Waverly have announced a partnership they hope will enhance the quality of the work force and attract new workers.