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Residents protest auction of radioactive school in Piketon
PIKETON, Ohio — Residents across southern Ohio gathered on Wednesday to protest the impending sale of Zahn’s Corner Middle School in Piketon. The school, which was permanently shut down in 2019 due to radioactive contamination, is now slated for auction, sparking outrage and controversy. Zahn’s Corner Middle School...
Site of former Greenbaum building commemorated with new marker
Although the brick and mortar portion of the Greenbaum building may be gone, its memory will be preserved for generations to come with a new historic marker. Pike County’s newest Ohio Historical Marker now stands on the sidewalk beside the former location of the Greenbaum building, which is now the parking lot for the Brass Monkey Bar & Restaurant. It was in that location on Tuesday, July 16 that the...
Papaw played banjo in the holler. I know hillbillies. Vance didn't tell Appalachia's story.
Riley Crabtree is a Columbus Dispatch opinion writer. The first-generation college student was raised near Jackson, Ohio and attends Miami University. Like JD Vance, I am from the great state of Ohio. ...
Jackson County Jr. Fair News
Check out these amazing photos from the Jackson County Jr. Fair! Photographer BJ Blackburn of the Jackson County Livestock Committee took these photos — top notch work! On another note, my mind turns to Sandra Jean Leonard, 77, of Jackson, Ohio, who passed away on April 21, 2024. Sandy was very active in her support...
The Pike County Fair will be hosting its annual country concert, featuring Jackson Dean
The Pike County Fair will be hosting its annual country music concert again this year. The concert will be on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Jared Allman who is one of the members of the fair’s entertainment committee said, “So we are going to have a local guy … his name is Moose Miller. He’s actually from Pike County, and he attended school at Eastern. Then we are having a guy named River Dan, and the headline act will be Jackson Dean.” ...
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