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Ohio Rural Heritage Festival Queen Pageant is Aug. 22

gpsadmin - August 14, 2024

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Recreational marijuana sales begin in Ohio

gpsadmin - August 2, 2024

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National Park Service launches special resource study on historic John P. Parker House

gpsadmin - July 19, 2024

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Ripley Lions Club Fourth of July Fest ends with a bang

gpsadmin - July 8, 2024

Humphrey sentenced to mandatory prison term of 40 years to life...

gpsadmin - February 24, 2025

William Jasper Humphrey, Jr., 35, of Aberdeen, has been sentenced to an aggregate, mandatory prison term of 40 years to life for rape of a minor who was less than 13 years of age at the time the rapes occurred.

With a crew of new staff members, Small Town Home Health Solutions has expanded its services in Brown and surrounding counties. Pictured are (in no particular order) Jamie Brierly (RN), Lisa Flannery (RN), Vicki Leonard (PTA), Carla Pennington (administrator), Jill Newton (occupational therapist), and Barb Broshears (billing). Photo by Wade Linville

Small Town Home Health Solutions expands services

January 28, 2025

Betty Campbell, regent of the Ripley-Lieutenant Byrd Chapter of the DAR, welcomes the crowd to this year’s Wreaths Across America Day ceremony at Ripley’s Maplewood Cemetery on Dec. 14. Photo by Wade Linville

We remember: Veterans honored during Wreaths Across America ceremony in Ripley

December 19, 2024

The annual Mt. Orab Christmas in the Village Parade is set for Nov. 30.

Mt. Orab Christmas in the Village Parade is Nov. 30

November 24, 2024

Polling locations in Brown County were busy Nov. 5 as the county saw a big turnout of voters on Election Day. Photo by Wade Linville

Trump wins 2024 presidential election

November 7, 2024

Four new members were inducted into the Brown County History Hall of Fame during a ceremony hosted by the Brown County Historical Society Oct. 24. From the left, are 2024 inductee Dr. Ned Lodwick, Betty Campbell (holding the plaque for 2024 inductee Dr. Elizabeth Campbell), Mike McQueary (holding the plaque for 2024 inductees William Dixon and Cornelius Washburn), and Brown County Historical Society President Susan Bell. Photo by Wade Linville

Four inducted into Brown County History Hall of Fame

November 4, 2024

A ribbon cutting for the grand opening of Georgetown Jr./Sr. High School’s new weight room was held Oct. 10. Photo by Wade Linville

Georgetown Jr./Sr. High School holds ribbon cutting for new weight room

October 21, 2024

Back for this year’s Brown County Fair is the famous team of Whispery Pines Percheron Horses. Photo by Wade Linville

173rd Brown County Fair gets underway

September 23, 2024

Crowned the 2024 Ohio Rural Heritage Festival Queen was Gracie Blackburn (middle). Finishing as first runner-up in the queen pageant was Rylie Cahall (right), and second runner-up was Grace Taylor (left). Photo by Wade Linville

Ohio Rural Heritage Festival held in Ripley

September 4, 2024

Ohio Rural Heritage Festival Queen Pageant is Aug. 22

August 14, 2024

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Gwendolyn Carol Dawley, 85

March 12, 2025

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Alma Dee (Lancaster) Applegate, 86

March 12, 2025

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Holly J. Wilson, 55

March 11, 2025

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Audrey Ann Taylor, 75

March 11, 2025

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Charles Richard Ferriel, 98

March 10, 2025

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Lady Broncos squeak past Talawanda, advance to SW District Division III finals

Sports gpsadmin - February 24, 2025

The No. 7 seed Western Brown Lady Broncos pulled off a narrow 49-48 victory over No. 8 seed Talawanda in the Southwest District Division III semifinals at Princeton High School on Feb. 18 to earn a berth in the district finals. It marks the Western Brown girls basketball program’s first appearance in the district finals since 1994.