Chillicothe Gazette

Neighbors of the Pickaway-Ross Career Technology School voiced their concerns about a flashing LED sign that has become a nuisance to them during the Thursday evening board meeting. Full Story »

The new Community 911 Service Coordination Program will enable a service coordinator to follow up on a senior caller's needs, even though the situation might not be deemed a 911-type of emergency. Full Story »

BALTIMORE -- Federal prosecutors say an Ohio man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot to run a business of sex and drug trafficking from a Maryland apartment. Full Story »

The Christmas season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but the holidays might not be happy for everyone this year. Full Story »

Ohio college students looking forward to holiday break should consider making an H1N1 vaccination part of their plans, the director of the Ohio Department of Health advised. Full Story »

CLEVELAND -- A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges Thursday, a plea that will leave the legal system to decide whether a sane person can live for years with 10 bodies and a skull. Full Story »

CINCINNATI -- Thirty years later, on the open concrete plaza on the west side of U.S. Bank Arena, there is no hint of the tragedy that unfolded there on the night of Dec. 3, 1979. Full Story »

Knit for Ross County Kids member Vicki Cox, left, knits a blanket and Kathleen Gay knits a scarf Thursday morning at the St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The items will be donated to the Chillicothe Jaycees' Special Santa program. Full Story »

Allen Fore, fourth from right, director of community relations for Rockie Express Pipeline, talks with the Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology welding students taught by instructor Tommy Collier, far right, Thursday afternoon about plans to use a large section of steel pipe, donated by Fore's company, as a learning tool. Full Story »

A local day care center is reaching out to help needy families this holiday season. Full Story »

The Safety Services Committee met Wednesday to discuss a possible ordinance to ban longbow, crossbow and compound bow use within city limits. Full Story »

KINNIKINNICK -- A pair of Zane Trace science teachers have been working at creating a name for themselves and for the school in order to secure more resources for the science program. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- A proposal to overhaul the way Ohio conducts contracting for state construction projects became the major sticking point on Wednesday in ongoing negotiations on filling the state budget gap. Full Story »

Investigators Wednesday continued gathering information for a prosecutor's review and possible charges in connection with a fatal crash Tuesday night on Westfall Road. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- A man scheduled to be executed next week in the slaying and dismembering of a woman said the state shouldn't be allowed to rush ahead with its new one-drug lethal injection method. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- Columbia Gas of Ohio will start using a new system to buy natural gas beginning in February. Full Story »

Dog licenses for 2010 are now available at the Ross County Auditor's office. Full Story »

Weather conditions caused multiple crashes within a few hours all around the city Wednesday in what might be a look ahead to challenges facing emergency response when snow and ice begin to hit. Full Story »

Ross County white-tailed deer hunters performed at a level similar to that of hunters statewide with an increase in deer harvested on the opening day of firearms season over opening day in 2008. Full Story »

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is warning residents to watch out for a new scam trying to play off public fears of the H1N1 flu virus in order to gain access to your computer. Full Story »

As President Barack Obama announced Tuesday night his plans to add 30,000 more troops to the war in Afghanistan, local military families gathered to make gift baskets for troops overseas. Full Story »

The parents in Adena Health System's KidShape class finally beat the children in a family activity Tuesday night. The dodgeball game was fast-paced in the class' seventh week, showing the children and parents that getting active doesn't have to be a chore. Full Story »

Despite a couple of decades trying to educate the public on AIDS and what it means to test positive for the HIV virus, a stigma surrounding the illness still exists in some people's minds. Full Story »

Chillicothe City Schools board sat down with the superintendent and treasurer Monday night to review their performance and discuss goals. Both evaluations came back with mid-to-high marks. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Like many long-term unemployed Ohioans, Milford resident Tim Wolffrum is bracing for his health insurance bills to skyrocket this month. Full Story »