Dona Hall kisses her rescued 15-year-old Brittany Spaniel Cayden who was removed from a cruelty situation. Hall is executive director of Grateful Hearts Senior Dog Rescue and started a Facebook page under “Cayden, Touching Hearts Everywhere.”
Bainbridge native Chelsea Bruning is the owner of Wheatberry Books, named after her grandmother’s pie, and since its opening in 2017 has been located in downtown Chillicothe.
Michelle Crawford has lived with anxiety and depression for almost ten years and, even though she attempted suicide in 2018, decided to get a tattoo to stay alive. Crawford is currently a student at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science studying to become a mortician.
Aaron Knotts has been named the new Chillicothe Fire Department fire chief, replacing former chief Jeff Creed who was with the department 32 years.
Both with educational backgrounds, Meg VanBuskirk, left, and Anna Purpero came up with the idea for a local small business named Paper City Coffee to help support and maintain the Paper City Mentoring Project to help guide local students affected by addiction and poverty.
Local comedian Lori Graves will be serving up laughs for her first recorded live comedy album at the Majestic Theatre on March 14, 2020.
Highway Patrol Trooper Ryan Miller received the Trooper of the Year award for the Chillicothe Post and believes that helping people in need is one of the most important aspects of the job. Other awards Miller has received in the past include the Patrol Physical Fitness award, the ACE award, and the Criminal Patrol award.
Chillicothe senior Natalie Drotleff wanted to connect with peers affected by substance abuse so she made a support group at her local high school.
Ross County Farm Bureau president and farmer Greg Corcoran stands in his newly planted corn field in Chillicothe, Ohio, on June 12, 2019. Corcoran is a fifth-generation farmer with farms in Ross, Pike, and Scioto Counties.
Name: Brice Robinson
Age:18
Parents: Jason and Katrina Robinson
School: Unioto High School
Club: Jr. Livestock Growers 4-H
Longhorn Steakhouse bartender Cortney Tackett recently won a regional bartending competition.
Huntington preschool teacher Andrea Bolen stands in the middle of her new classroom before she begins the year running her own classroom for the first time for Huntington Local Schools.
Huntington’s Callie Ward’s love animals are the building blocks of her desire to pursue a degree in communications at Shawnee State University and to eventually work in advertising for a publication focused on the horse industry.
Brandon Smith, center, poses with Tecumseh stars Matt Nelson, right, as Tecumseh and Benedetto Robinson, left, as Tenskwatawa at the Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre. Smith has been the producer and CEO of Tecumseh since 2014.
First Capital Pride Chair Daniel Mathuews feels that it his duty to represent the local LGBTQ residents of the area and to try and help those who are afraid and do not feel that they have a voice.
(L-R) Becky Britt, EV Britt, Abi Britt, Lydia Britt, Charity Britt, family friend John Harris, and family dog Rufus pose in the back yard of the historical Sulphur Lick Hotel. “It is part of the house that is nice and not as many people see,” said Becky Brit.
Brandy Helmick holds a framed picture of her beloved son Noah Eugene Foster’s hand with her hand when he was born stillborn. Her eldest daughter would nickname him “diamond baby.”
Zane Trace junior Hannah Kerr looks to build off of her cross country success last year after competing at the state level in 2018.
Doug Ray has volunteered at the Mobile Food Market, located at the Ross County Job and Family Services building, for the past few year and was honored there for his work at the market and as a Ross County Deputy Sheriff for almost 60 years.
Co-owner of Na zdravie Vineyard and Winery, Cindy Mergo sits at the bar of her tasting room where they host different local bands and customers in Kingston, Ohio. “To my knowledge, we are the only winery in Ross County,” said Mergo.
Kathy Toohey, left, and her husband John Toohey stand in the display room of J&K Cabinets, a business they started a year ago, after officially retiring.
Eva Ray lays on her grandmother Mindy Martin’s shoulders as her grandfather Ray Martin comforts her as they stand in the once light blue hallway outside the bedroom where an early morning fire occurred inside her bedroom on Caldwell Street, caused by a humidifier.
Kyle Bowsher, a second-year student in Ohio University Bachelors of Science Nursing program, stands in a Camden Calrk Medical Center room in Parkersburg, W.Va.
Aaron Dadas is a recent graduate of Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Todd Holdren retires at the end of the school year as principal of Zane Trace High School, a position he has held for the past 17 years.
Pour House at Machinery Hall owner Ben Daughters is a proponent of making Second Street a two-way road.
Ted Welser has been rock climbing since college. Now, he spends time with his daughter Sydney Welser teaching her the techniques and exercises necessary to climb at a competitive level.
Dale King works out at his gym the Portsmouth Spartan Kettlebell Club (PSKC), a CrossFit gym in Portsmouth, Ohio. King, an entrepreneur and two-time veteran, won an offer from Shark Tank and is looking to revitalize Portsmouth.
A mechanical engineering major, Nick Topel stands in front of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, the place he has called home for the past four years. Topel graduated from Ohio State University with honors and has a job ready for him at Marathon Petroleum in Findlay, Ohio.
Shomo Das is a Duke graduate and championship bodybuilder.
The Greene Beanery’s Cheryl Greene is a coffee shop entrepreneur from Peeble's, Ohio.
Dave Russell, a 28-year mine veteran, proudly displays his Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” hat. On a fixed income, he comes to Kroger and looks for the best deals possible.
Dale King, left, and Renee Wallace, right, joined forces in 2011 and created the all-natural Doc Spartan ointment product line. Named after the old Portsmouth Spartan’s football team, their number one purpose is to try to help anyone who is suffering.
James Wallace poses for a portrait on the first WOUB media day for all the local football players to be profiled on the acclaimed Gridiron Glory show.
Clay Eichenseer and Maggy Zorc are medical students at Ohio University.
Ohio University Junior Ryan Potter stands for an Air Force ROTC portrait at the Gordon K. Bush Airport. Potter is a Aviation major and works at the Ohio University Avionic Engineering Center.
Senior Maddie Stollings will be one of five graduating seniors from the first class to graduate from the Ross County Christian Academy in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Construction worker Brandon Channel poses outside of a hotel being remodeled in Parkersburg, W.Va.
Nick Oatley is a photojournalism student at Ohio University who has a passion for the outdoors and is an avid skateboarder.
New CEO of Adena Jeff Graham.
Gabriel Catron, from Chillicothe, Ohio, originally went to Columbus for rehabilitation, but when he relapsed, he went to Tennessee for recovery. Now six years clean, he is going to school for Sonography.
Josh Montgomery and his fully functional R2D2 robot in the basement of his Ohio home.
Vietnam Veteran Bob Finch stands with his bike that has many of his possessions. Finch, who has been homeless since 1997, says he likes it that way. He volunteers and handles the fire at the Night Without a Home event.
While the shelves are currently empty, owner of the soon to be Wheatberry Books bookstore Chelsea Bruning talks about her ideas of how her soon to be bookstore will incorporate local businesses and drive more interest to the downtown region of Chillicothe.
World War II veteran Master Sgt. Wenner A. Botkin sits on his crisply made bed and recounts his time in India and China and served in the China Burma Indian Theater of the war.
Chillicothe photographer Matt Day donated $10,000 to Ross County Community Action made by the proceeds of a zine he created during the beginnings of social distancing and stay at home orders linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
CEO and producer of Tecumseh Brandon Smith stands on one of the promontory stages used in the production of Tecumseh. Normally the seats would be filled to the production of the Sound of Music that was to be planned to go on the month of May and Tecumseh would start in June. Smith cautiously hopes they will be able to do the Sleepy Hollow Experience in fall, but plans are still up in the air.
Chillicothe teacher Rob Strong, left, stands beside a sign he helped deliver to senior Courtland Duncan, right. Various teachers like Strong delivered the signs to help show seniors their support.
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