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Big news for Pickawway County — Sofidel, a leading manufacturer of toilet paper, is expanding its production capacity in Circleville. Governor Mike DeWine and other local leaders used shiny shovels to turn over some dirt at a ceremonial groundbreaking on a sunny Thursday morning for the company’s $185 million expansion project that promises to add an additional 100+ more employees to the plant’s workforce, estimated to be around 500 Ohioans. ...
Pickaway Court of Common Pleas News
Cases recently adjudicated before Pickaway Court of Common Pleas Judge P. Randall Knece: Tempest Booth, 32, of 2180 Sunshine Place, Columbus, pleaded guilty to a Violation of Community Control. Disposition: 36 months in prisonMichelle L. Diallo, 53, of 524 E. Union St., Circleville, pleaded not guilty to Aggravated Possession of Drugs. Disposition: Pretrial 4/12John Graves, 44, of 682 E. Mound St., Circleville, pleaded not guilty to Having Weapons Under Disability, Receiving Stolen Property (x2), Domestic Violence (x2), Aggravated Possession of Drugs. Disposition: Pretrial 4/12Enrique J. Hernandez, 19, 405 S. Pickaway St., Circleville, pleaded not guilty to Tampering with Evidence, Discharge of a Firearm on or near a Prohibited Premise. Disposition: Pretrial 4/12Tessa B. Trego, 31, of 137 Villa Dr., Circleville, pleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault. Disposition: 18 months in prison (maximum sentence), $2,500 fineAndrea N. Wilburn, 33, of 5531 Auburn Ave., Portsmouth, pleaded not guilty to Aggravated Possession of Drugs, Illegal Conveyance of Drugs onto the Grounds of a Detention Facility. Disposition: Pretrial 4/12
Associated Press News Briefs
Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are moving closer to a November rematch, as primary voters around the country urge their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worry about what might happen if their side loses this fall. Both candidates are already their parties’ presumptive nominees. Trump easily won Republican primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio. Biden did the same except...
Safety levy fails; Hafey, Turner, Chafin, Howley, Davis win their races
Tuesday’s Primary Election has come and gone so maybe we’ll get a little peace and quiet at least until the November General Election, fingers crossed. Of Pickaway County’s 36,996 registered voters, there were 15,096 total ballots cast — which breaks down to 2,195 Democrats, 12,146 Republicans and 755 non-partisan votes in the Primary Election; 40 percent turnout. For more numbers, see the Secretary of State’s Board of Elections website. A...
Circleville Safety Director terminated; Wilkinson fires back at City Hall
Steven Wilkinson shared a story about his short tenure as Circleville’s Safety Director before he was terminated for what he said was an attempt to reform the city’s Police Department. During the public comment portion of Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Wilkinson asserted that Mayor Michelle Blanton fired him for being a whistleblower. He also accused her of being too weak to challenge misconduct within the CPD. He made reference to CPD Police Chief Shawn Baer being placed on administrative leave March 11 while the city...
Westfall Schools' Superintendent poised to retire
Westfall Superintendent Jeff Sheets is retiring. Good guy and a great superintendent! “After working five years at Westfall as the superintendent, I am retiring effective July 31,” he said. Sheets submitted his notice to the Westfall Board of Education in February. That early notice gives the district ample time to find the right candidate for...
Teays Valley High School's 3rd Nine Weeks Honor Roll
Editor’s Note: Academic excellence should be applauded and praised as much as throwing the game winning pass Friday night, so we’re going to publish each school’s Honor Roll starting on the front page. Congrats to these Vikings’ High School scholars who made good grades in the Third Nine Week’s Honor Roll. On that note, any school who wants their honor rolls published should send that list to mlayton@apg-oh.com Grade 9 ...
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
WASHINGTON — As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago. So, Sandy LoGrande thought it was a mistake when, a year after her father’s death, Massachusetts billed her $177,000 for her father’s Medicaid expenses and threatened to sue for his home if she didn’t pay up quickly. ...
Laurelville woman gets 15 to life for fatal shooting
CHILLICOTHE — A Laurelville woman will spend 15 years to life in prison, after pleading guilty to murder and felonious assault in connection with a gun slaying in Ross County. Jara M. McKnight, 45, was indicted last November on the charges, for allegedly having caused the death of 49-year-old Eric R. Vanover of Laurelville, and of having used a gun in committing the crime. According to a news report at...
Make your voices heard by voting in the Primary Election
CIRCLEVILLE — Folks will go to the polls today (Tuesday) to cast their ballots in the Primary Election. Polls will be open between 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. As a reminder, photo ID is required to vote in person, and the BMV offers a free state-issued ID card with proper ID documents. As to early...
Local lightning rods: Social media, national partisan divisions have changed tone and tenor of local politics
Megan Cook, Russ Nelson and Ann Groves Lloyd are mayors of small towns in Maryland, Montana and Wisconsin. Nelson has been the mayor of Belgrade, Montana, for 20 years. Karen Rose has been with Sarasota County Schools in Florida for more than three decades serving as a special education teacher, middle school principal and since 2020 on the local school board. ...
Superintendent Kitchen speaks to Cville Rotary
During Thursday’s Circleville Noon Rotary meeting, members had the privilege of gaining deeper insights into the operations and mission of the Pickaway County Educational Service Center (ESC) from its Superintendent, Tom Kitchen. The presentation shed light on the pivotal role that ESCs play in supporting education at a county level and their significant contributions to local schools. Kitchen began by explaining the function of an Education Service Center (ESC), emphasizing...
Associated Press News Briefs
James Crumbley, found guilty of manslaughter PONTIAC, Mich. — The father of a Michigan school shooter has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. It’s the second jury conviction against Ethan Crumbley’s parents, who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to solve his mental health problems. Ethan killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021. The Crumbleys were the first U.S. parents to be charged in a mass school shooting. Jennifer Crumbley was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in...
Orient man pleads guilty to murder, manslaughter
An Orient man accused of murder has pleaded guilty to murder and voluntary manslaughter last week before Pickaway County Court Common Pleas Judge Randall Knece. When Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marty Dotson, Jr., 44, of Darby Creek Road for a double homicide that occurred Oct. 23 in Orient, he was charged with four counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, kidnapping and two counts of abuse of a corpse. ...
Pickaway Court of Common Pleas News
Cases recently adjudicated before Pickaway Court of Common Pleas Judge P. Randall Knece: Jackie L. Bloomfield, 36, of 458 Dearborn Ave., Circleville, pleaded guilty to Receiving Stolen Property. Disposition: 18 months in prison, $1,579 restitutionJacob C. Conner, 31, of 2146 N. Court St., Circleville, pleaded guilty to Receiving Stolen Property, Vandalism, Harassment with a Bodily Substance (x2). Disposition: 48 months in prisonAlara Craddock, 26, of 57 Buhl Morton Rd., Gallipolis, pleaded guilty to Aggravated Possession of Drugs, Possession of Fentanyl-Related Compound. Disposition: 3 years intervention, Complete inpatient drug programLamon Lindsey, 40, of 19931 Murray Hill Rd., Detroit, MI, Trafficking in Cocaine. Disposition: Sentencing set for 4/10 at 10:30 a.m.
Pickaway Places: Groceries were located on every corner
There was a time in Circleville’s history when almost every corner had a grocery store. One of the town’s popular stores was operated in the middle of downtown by Clarence W. Wolf. It was at one time located at 506 North Court Street. Wolf operated the Clover Farm Store, which was part of a chain of stores, selling the Clover Farm brand. He opened his newer store at 126 West Main Street. These two locations were active for some 45 years. ...
10 things to know about the real St. Patrick
On March 17, people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns — tiny, grinning, fairy men — pinned to their lapels. Patrick’s picture will adorn greeting cards: an aged, bearded bishop in flowing robes, grasping a bishop’s staff and glaring at a coil of snakes. The icon refers to one of Patrick’s legendary miracles in which he is said to have prayed to banish all snakes from Ireland. However, as a historian of...
Circleville Police Chief Baer placed on administrative leave
Circleville Police Chief Shawn Baer was placed on administrative leave Monday while the city investigates allegations of misconduct. According to media reports, as Baer was leaving his office Monday, Mayor Michelle Blanton asked him for his service pistol and other items from his desk. Pickaway County Sheriff Matthew Hafey confiscated Baer’s gun before taking him home. According to a letter obtained by the Circleville Herald that Blanton sent to Baer...
Circleville Police Chief Baer placed on administrative leave
Circleville Police Chief Shawn Baer was placed on administrative leave Monday while the city investigates allegations of misconduct. According to media reports, as Baer was leaving his office Monday, Mayor Michelle Blanton asked him for his service pistol and other items from his desk. Pickaway County Sheriff Matthew Hafey confiscated Baer’s gun before taking him home. According to a letter obtained by the Circleville Herald that Blanton sent to Baer...
Associated Press News Briefs
Aid ship sets sail to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5 months into war RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food has set sail for Gaza. It’s a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. The food was gathered by World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, and is being...
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The Circleville Herald is a multimedia news organization with a community newspaper that publishes three days per week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) serving Pickaway County Ohio and the surrounding region. The Circleville Herald also produces the website, www.circlevilleherald.com. Established in 1817 as The Olive Branch, the Circleville Herald began publishing under its current name in 1832 as a weekly publication. Daily publishing began in 1894.
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