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PIKETON MAYOR’S COURT June 17, 2024 Anna Haag: Type: Failure to report accident: Pled no contest: Found guilty: Ordered to pay fine and court costs. Randall Eldridge: Type: Speed: Pled no contest: Found guilty: Dismissed: Ordered to pay fine and court costs. ...
Commissioners decline loan money
The Pike County Commissioners met in regular session and met with county engineer Denny Salisbury to determine what to do with money received from the state. According to Salisbury, last fall Pike County turned in an application for Issue 2 money. “We turned in a grant application, which didn’t get approved. We turned in a loan application for $1,550,000, which was rejected,” Salisbury said. ...
ODOT projects for the week: What you need to know
The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Ross and Pike counties next week. All outlined work is weather permitting. Projects with active or future traffic impacts are linked to OHGO.com Ross County Ohio 327 Culvert replacements: Work was set to begin on July 1 for two culvert replacement projects on...
June permit report shows construction happening in the area
CHILLICOTHE— With the warm weather work crews have been out in the county working hard to complete various projects as shown by the 70 permits shown on the June permit report from the Ross County Building Department. In Chillicothe, the Mt. Logan School project received a permit for a new storefront at the main entrance, a new business sign for a business at 95 North Mulberry Street was also approved and two permits were granted for reroofing...
Correction
In the Wednesday, July 3 edition of the Pike County News Watchman in the story titled "Waverly cuts ribbon on new council chambers" the contractors who did the renovation work were misidentified. The contractors who renovated the council chambers were Capaldo Builders and NexGen Construction Group.
One killed in motorcycle crash on Ohio 124 in Pike County
PIKETON — The Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal motorcycle crash at 10:24 a.m. Wednesday on Ohio 124 in Pike County. Caelem M. Knauff, 24, of Waverly, was traveling eastbound on Ohio 124 near milepost 14 on a 2023 Kawasaki KLR650 motorcycle. After topping a slight hillcrest there was a hard braking from the motorcycle and it laid down on its side. Both the driver and motorcycle slid off the right side of the road striking a guardrail, according to a news release.
Judge dismisses part of press freedom lawsuit against Pike County sheriff
COLUMBUS — A federal judge has thrown out much of an online news outlet’s press freedom lawsuit against the Pike County Sheriff’s Office. He has narrowed the main focus of the suit to the question of whether the agency had probable cause to arrest the outlet’s editor, after he published an article based on an illegally obtained recording of witness testimony in a murder trial. In an opinion and order filed June 27, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson granted a request by the sheriff’s...
Plaintiff in sex abuse lawsuit wants hearing to assess damages against church
COLUMBUS — After having dropped all the other defendants from a federal lawsuit over her childhood sexual abuse by family members, a former Athens County resident has now asked for a hearing to set the amount of damages she should receive from the sole remaining defendant, a Pike County church run by her uncle. In February 2022 Serah Bellar, who would now be 20 years old, filed suit in U.S. District Court against defendants including Athens County; a former Athens County sheriff’s deputy; her parents,...
Waverly man killed in motorcycle crash
PIKETON, Ohio — A Waverly man was killed in a motorcycle crash on State Route 124 in Pike County on Wednesday morning, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at approximately 10:24 a.m. when the Portsmouth Post received a report of a crash involving a motorcycle near milepost 14 on SR 124. The victim, identified as Caelem M. Knauff, 24, of Waverly, Ohio, was traveling eastbound on a 2023 Kawasaki KLR650 motorcycle.
Man dead after Pike County motorcycle crash
PIKETON, Ohio (WCMH) – A motorcyclist is dead after crashing Wednesday morning in Pike County. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Caelem Knauff, 24, of Waverly was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle on State Route 124 near Waverly at around 10:30 a.m. He was wearing a helmet while driving the motorcycle, OSHP said. Knauff was […]
Super Load to roll through Pike County this week
The thirteenth of nearly two dozen “super loads” will make its way from a dock on the Ohio River near Manchester in Adams County to New Albany in Licking County. This load, an air processor known as a cold box used in the silicon chip manufacturing process, measures approximately 23’ tall, 20’ wide, 280’ long, and weighs 916,000 pounds. The “super load” will depart Manchester on Monday, July 8 and stop overnight in West Portsmouth before moving on to Lucasville on its second day before...
Man killed in motorcycle crash in Pike County, Ohio
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — A man was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday in Pike County, Ohio, troopers said. Caelem M. Knauff, 24, of Waverly, Ohio, was killed in a crash along State Route 124 about 10:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Man dies in motorcycle crash
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) – A man died on Wednesday morning after crashing a motorcycle along SR 124 in Pike County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 10:24 a.m. The Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reports the driver, Caelem Knauff, 24,...
Piketon massacre patriarch returns to court in August
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — George “Billy” Wagner III is scheduled to appear in court on August 2 for a pivotal pre-trial hearing amidst ongoing legal maneuvers and significant developments in the case that has transfixed Ohio. Wagner, alongside his wife Angela and their sons Jake and George,...
Judge dismisses part of press freedom lawsuit against Pike County sheriff
COLUMBUS — A federal judge has thrown out much of an online news outlet’s press freedom lawsuit against the Pike County Sheriff’s Office. He has narrowed the main focus of the suit to the question of whether the agency had probable cause to arrest the outlet’s editor, after he published an article based on an illegally obtained recording of witness testimony in a murder trial. In an opinion and order filed June 27, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson granted a request by the sheriff’s...
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