Dear Readers: It’s Aug. 1, known by dog lovers as DOGust 1st! It’s the day to celebrate shelter dogs. When you adopt a dog from a shelter, the…
Dear Abby: I am a small business owner. My store has local (repeat) and one-time customers. The other day, while checking out, one of my local…
Editor’s Note: Gloria will return next week. Blame me, I encourage Gloria to take some time off when there is a new arrival. As a Dad to a thr…
What a miracle. What complete innocence. I cannot wrap my feeble brain around it. Only God in His Sovereignty could design anything so perfect.
Gloria is taking a needed week or two off to bond with her new family member, Joshua David, who arrived earlier this month. It is hard to beli…
Yes, more toasty summer days, more water fun, and many happy hours with family pets. As I write, the latest pets are three kittens from a stra…
These summer days really are pressing in. I forgot how muggy it could get in Southern Illinois! Thankfully, the children don’t seem to mind th…
This week I’d like to introduce you to our two new pets at the Yoder household.
CEDARVILLE — Cedarville University celebrated 2020 graduates on Saturday, May 2 with an online Class of 2020 Senior Celebration.
CHILLICOTHE — May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Now more than ever, the Chillicothe VA Medical Center is committed to providing high-quali…
COLUMBUS — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind motorcyclists to ride tra…
TIFFIN — Tiffin University presents the Class of 2020 list of graduates according to Dr. Peter Holbrook, Provost and Chief Academic Officer.
CIRCLEVILLE — From the shores of Lake Erie to the rolling hills of Appalachia, there is an exciting opportunity for teenagers looking to explo…
CIRCLEVILLE — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will soon begin aerial treatments designed to control the gypsy moth population in Ohio…
COLUMBUS — As Ohioans begin returning to work during the next couple weeks, AAA expects an increase in the number of vehicle breakdowns. To ma…
Good morning from the Yoders. These quiet, pleasant mornings are almost addictive, once you get started, it’s hard to miss a single one. For y…
CIRCLEVILLE — The Pickaway County Library will offer curbside pick up of library materials beginning Tuesday, May 5, 2020. This service will b…
Maybe it was the cowboy hat; maybe it was the big, soulful eyes.
It was one of those perfect sunny days in the quiet countryside we call home. I had plans of working in the kitchen all forenoon but wasn’t su…
CIRCLEVILLE — The Circleville Junior Women’s Club met at First Choice Automotive on Route 22 West for a Ladies Car Care Class.
While our minds are constantly turned to those more seriously affected by the coronavirus, I sometimes feel like I need a breath of fresh air …
I don’t recall ever before relishing so much those first warm sunny days of spring. After wiping so many tears from little boys who wanted to …
CHILLICOTHE — Following guidelines of state and local Departments of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
At the recent 2020 annual board meeting of DeLong Insurance Agency, Inc. Adam DeLong was promoted to the position of Vice President. The annou…
I received several letters from readers with questions that got my mind spinning. Let’s each grab a cup of tea (okay, you can have your coffee…
Good morning from our house to yours. I’ll tell you what, since the last time I came in touch with you lots has happened; some great and some …
In the South China Sea, Machinist’s Mate Second Class Cody Moonen, from Chillicothe, Ohio, calls away a drill over the interspace phone in the…
The City of Circleville, Department of Public Utilities, has processed the 2019 Consumer Confidence Report and it is available to all of its w…