With the Mask Mandate for Livingston County, Sherry Weldon, Livingston County Health Center Director says while the mandate can not be enforced, they need the cooperation of the community. She says the mandate does not require businesses to refuse customers that do not wear a mask, If individuals or businesses have questions about the executive […]
Blood Drive In Chillicothe
A Blood Drive will be held in Chillicothe on December 10th. The Community Blood Center is conducting the Blood Drive at United Methodist Church from Noon to 6:00 pm. All presenting donors will receive a free limited edition Chiefs T-Shirt. Appointments are preferred and can be made by going to savealifenow.org/group. The group code is […]
Brookfield Schools Move To Virtual Instruction
The Brookfield Schools have temporarily moved to virtual instruction. The actions were taken due to a shortage of faculty and staff due to close contact quarantines and positive cases. The Virtual instruction began today (Thursday) and the district plans to have students return to the building on December 7th. The district will continue to monitor […]
Festival Of Lights Opening Ceremony Is Saturday Night
The Christmas season in Chillicothe is an opportunity to show off our Holiday Spirit and The Festival of Lights is one of those opportunities. The Festival of Lights will officially open on Saturday night, with a ceremony at Simpson Park. Festival of Lights Coordinator Barb Burton invites everyone to join them for this special tradition. […]
Hornet Boys Basketball Team Is Ready
The High School Basketball season begins next week. For Chillicothe, this year they have enough players to again field three full teams, Varsity, Junior Varsity and C-Team, which replaces the tradition Freshman team of past years. Players can play up to six quarters of basketball in a night. Often Sophomores will play quarters on both […]
Cattle Truck Roll-Over At Mitchell Avenue Wednesday Evening
A loaded cattle trailer overturned Wednesday evening on US 36 at Mitchell Avenue. Chillicothe Police responded to the accident at about 9:00 pm and found a semi pulling a fully loaded cattle trailer on its side. The driver, a 40-year-old man from Ohio, was uninjured. He reported another semi was passing him and started moving […]
Chillicothe Police Report For Wednesday
The Chillicothe Police Department responded to 86 calls for service Wednesday. Some of the calls include: 10:10 am, Courthouse called to make arrangements to have an alcohol test done at the PD. Arrangements were made to provide the tests. 1:09 pm, The police department received a call requesting a well-being check on children in the […]
Injury Accident At Mitchell Avenue
One person was injured in an accident at US 36 and Mitchell Avenue Wednesday afternoon. At about 2:00 pm, Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded to the accident and found two vehicles had been involved. They used rescue tools to remove the door of one car to remove a patient. The report states the person was taken […]
Livingston County Mask Mandate Begins Friday – Nov. 20
A Mask Mandate for ALL OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY goes into effect Friday. Under an Executive Order from the Livingston County Health Center, Presiding Commissioner Ed Douglas, Chillicothe Mayor Theresa Kelly, Hedrick Medical Center and the Chillicothe R-II School District, an Emergency Declaration has established the requirement to wear a face mask. (Full Text Of The […]