Chillicothe Gazette

Local members of Citizens Against Photo Enforcement have voiced opposition to a request from the Ross County Board of Elections for the group to file a campaign finance report. Full Story »

A silent epidemic is taking its toll in Ohio, killing more people every year than motor vehicle crashes.The cause? Accidental drug overdoses -- especially of heroin and prescription painkillers. Full Story »

LUCASVILLE -- An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain. Full Story »

A team of researchers from the U.S. and Britain on Monday dramatically scaled back estimates of the severity of the H1N1 flu epidemic. Full Story »

Don't be scammed by an e-mail asking for money to help a local Chillicothe Police officer. Full Story »

Ross County firearms deer hunters performed only slightly better than last year during the weeklong firearms deer season that wrapped up Sunday. Full Story »

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Simon Property Group Inc. has announced it will buy the outlet shopping centers owned by Prime Outlets Acquisition Co. -- including one in Jeffersonville in Fayette County -- solidifying its position as the nation's largest public real estate company. Full Story »

A woman turned herself in on a secret indictment warrant for allegedly passing drugs to her incarcerated son. Full Story »

Taxpayers can find out how they can get the most out of new recovery tax breaks and get a jump on preparing their 2009 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov. Full Story »

Retirees of USEC's Piketon Plant, both hourly and salary, will conduct their monthly luncheon at 11 a.m. Dec. 17, at the Ponderosa Steak House on U.S. 23 North in Rosemount. Spouses are encouraged to attend. Full Story »

HILLSBORO -- The board of Southern State Community College has found a new leader. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- A condemned killer scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death with a single drug -- in an execution that could take longer than previous procedures -- arrived Monday at the Ohio death house. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- Recipients of unemployment compensation benefits should be on the lookout for a national scam, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Full Story »

The Bishop Flaget School's November Artists of the Month are, back row from left, Madison Reed, Tessa Byers, Kelsie Byers, Kachina McKnight and Nina Williams; front row are Audrey Huggins, Noah Blum, Christopher Henson, Abby Rose and Kate Reisinger. Full Story »

Hog receipts: 61 head: Sows, 325-425#, $25-28; 450-500#, $29.25; 525-750#, $31-32. Full Story »

Carl C. Ford, of Chillicothe, competed at the American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, Okla., and earned a top 10 finish in the senior pole bending competition with Teddy Terrific, an American Quarter Horse gelding. The show was Nov. 6-21. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- Ohio State University will give a greater share of its billions in construction work to minority contractors in the future and would make sure new construction criteria are carried out responsibly, president E. Gordon Gee told state lawmakers during a rare Statehouse appearance Monday. Full Story »

MCARTHUR --Vinton County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday it has wrapped up an eight-month drug trafficking investigation with warrants issued for 26 individuals. Full Story »

The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday all Ohioans will be able to get the H1N1 vaccine beginning Dec. 14 or shortly thereafter. Full Story »

The holiday season and approach of a new year often is a time many people take to remember friends and loved ones who have passed away during the year. Full Story »

A Bishop Flaget math teacher was surprised at a recent Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference when she was named Outstanding Elementary Math Teacher for Southern Ohio. Full Story »

COLUMBUS -- A proposed nuclear power plant in Piketon could be a decade or more away, but that isn't stopping developers from preparing for a revival of the U.S. nuclear industry. Full Story »

A pair of Green Township hunters are recovering today after falls from tree stands in recent days. Full Story »

The Ohio Attorney General's office is warning residents that phone calls about jury duty or paralyzed veterans may well be scams. Full Story »