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Country performer received certificate from Ohio Secretary of State
Johnny Deans, of Hillsboro, presented country singer Rhonda Vincent with a certificate of commendation signed by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose at the 32nd annual Brown County Bluegrass Festival on Friday, Aug. 23. Deans is the owner of Classified Country Music Entertainment. Vincent is a Grammy Award-winning artist and...
ABCs of Ross County: Yoctangee Park
CHILLICOTHE— From Adena Mansion to Zane's Trace Ross County is filled with a rich history. When looking at the ABCs of Ross County the Y stands for Yoctangee Park. Yoctangee Park is a city park in Chillicothe with a lake, playground equipment, courts and more. the park covers over 45 acres and is...
Highland County hosts Battle of the Bands
The third annual Tri-County Battle of the Bands was held Saturday, August 10 at Crossroads Park near uptown Hillsboro. Vinyl Countdown, representing Clinton County, defended their title and was choses as the winner. The other bands in the showcase were Blue Steel representing Highland County and AR6 from Fayette County. The event is an annual contest that will rotate between the three counties. Executive directors from each local tourism bureaus collaborated and each selected a band to represent their county.
Plans for Chillicothe’s Yoctangee Park Evolving Rapidly in Short Timeframe
A draft of the big changes planned for Yoctangee Park were previewed at the Ross County Commissioners’ meeting on Monday. New buildings, a renovated armory, moved recreational fields, rerouted and removed roads, increased parking – and one or more small roundabouts around the park – were among the preliminary plans being funded by the Appalachian Community Grant.
Let's Grow: Shrubs - pine bark is the ultimate mulch
For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have come into and out of fashion during that time, and still we’ve stubbornly stuck with pine bark. For the first few years we used composted shredded pine bark. When composted pine bark became hard to find we switched to pine bark...
Not tiring of tomatoes at Farmers Market
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO — I am not tiring of tomatoes. I love this fruit, and like most fruit (the exception being apples which I find myself searching out all year round), I try to grow my own or only buy them in season and locally. I grow a lot of tomatoes and a good, garden grown tomato tastes like summer. I do preserve some as sauce or dried or as prepared chutney. But I also eat them almost daily sliced or “popped” (the cherry variety, served with basil leaves and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, chopped into salads, and sauteed with any number of other garden vegetables including okra, corn, zucchini.
Family Night At The Park Coming To Mound City Group Visitor Center
Join the Friends of Hopewell Culture NHP at the Mound City Group Visitor Center September 19th for activities and fun commemorating the one-year anniversary as a World Heritage Site. 3:00 PM: Ranger-led tour of Mound City Group. Join a ranger for a guided tour of the Mound City Group earthwork.
Purple Carpet Event For Locally Produced Film Set for October 5th
(Chillicothe) – The Purple Carpet Event, hosted by Ross County Community Action with the support of the Ross-Chillicothe Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and Dear Sadie will bring the world paw-miere of the locally filmed Without Her to Chillicothe’s Majestic Theatre October 5th. The movie plot takes a...
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