An emergency preparedness exercise for spring heavy rain and flooding will be held in Livingston County on April 11th at the Chillicothe Fire Department Training room. The National Weather Service will facilitate the tabletop exercise, inviting city, county, and state officials. Discussions from the exercise could include flooded and closed highways, who makes the decisions, […]
Livingston County Poling Places
Voters will head to the polls next week to cast their ballot in the Municipal Elections. Polls will be open Tuesday, April 4th from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. The Livingston County polling places are: PRECINCT POLLING PLACE 1ST Ward, Chillicothe City United Methodist Church 2ND Ward, Chillicothe City Turning Point Church 2ND Ward, Rich […]
Testing Voting Equipment & Absentee Voting
Testing of the voting equipment to be used in Livingston County’s April 4th Municipal election will take place Wednesday at 10:00 am in the main floor lobby. The testing is conducted by the Livingston County Election Authority, Sherry Parks. Parks says Absentee voting for the April 4th Election continues through Monday, April 3rd. The […]
Lady Hornets Basketball Celebrates 2022-23 Season With Banquet
The Chillicothe High School Girls Basketball team officially closed its season on Monday night with their team banquet. During the ceremony, head coach Darren Smith and assistant coaches Terry McKiddy and Korby Ford detailed some memories from the year, recognized each player individually, and ran through their accomplishments and awards from the season. Coach Smith […]
Hornets Baseball Falls to 0-2 With Monday Loss At Macon
The Chillicothe High School Baseball team fell 10-2 at Macon on Monday night. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Shaffer Park in Chillicothe, but due to wet field conditions the game was moved to Macon. Macon got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning taking a 1-0 lead. Chillicothe […]
Chillicothe Boys Golf Dominates In Season Opener With Team Score Of 167
The Chillicothe Boys Golf Team knocked off Hamilton: Penney 167-238 on Monday evening to start the season 1-0. Chillicothe Team Score: 167 Jackson Trout – 38 James Mathew – 39 Andrew Hecker – 43 Tyler Stephens – 47 Carson Samm – 47 Hamilton: Penney Team Score: 238 Riley Henderson – 50 Austin Snow – 58 […]
Hornets Tennis Takes Down Carrollton 7-2 In Season Opener
The Chillicothe High School Boys Tennis Team got off to a hot start in their 2023 campaign, taking down Carrollton 7-2. Varsity Doubles (2-1) 1. Josh Adams/Gabe Peterson 8 – 5 Terryberry/Fischer 2. Jadon Collins/Jackson Reeter 8 – 1 P Lyon/Brownley 3. Anthony Trantham/Andrew Snider 6 – 8 J Lyon/Varner Varsity Singles (5-1) 1. Adams […]
Council Approves $16.3 M Budget
The City of Chillicothe’s Budget includes $16.3 million in expenditures and nearly $14.8 million in revenues. This includes a 5% Cost of Living increase for the employees. City Auditor Allison Jefferies explained the difference is the one-time ARPA funds and some of the city reserves. Some of the changes in the budget this year include […]
Annual Service Contracts For The City of Chillicothe
Community Service Contracts were approved by the Chillicothe City Council. The organizations had presented their requests to the board over the last couple of months. The amounts approved include: Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce……………………. $5,875 Grand River YMCA……………………………………….. $35,000 MU Extension………………………………………………… $5,000 Main Street Chillicothe…………………………………… $30,000 Chillicothe Arts Council……………………………………. $5,000 Community Resource Center……………………………. $2,500 Grand River […]
Simpson Park Incident End In Arrest
An incident at Simpson Park Monday afternoon resulted in the arrest of one man. Chillicothe Police received a report of a disturbance at the park at about 3:50 pm. The officer was told a man was yelling at a group of teens. The man had made a statement about a gun and he began grabbing […]