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173rd Brown County Fair gets underway

gpsadmin - September 23, 2024

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Ohio Rural Heritage Festival held in Ripley

gpsadmin - September 4, 2024

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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

The Brown County Health Department’s work is being featured as a success story of the HEALing Communities Study in Ohio, purchasing a mobile medical unit with technical assistance and funding from the HCS.. Photo provided

Brown County Health Department recognized for success in mobile unit initiative

gpsadmin - March 26, 2025

A local agency continues to make a positive impact on overdose deaths in Brown County.

Clifton sentenced for aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder

March 18, 2025

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

February 24, 2025

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

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Edmisten named SBAAC National Division Girls Bowler of the Year

Sports gpsadmin - March 26, 2025

For the third straight year, Georgetown’s Carolyn Edmisten has been named the Southern Buckeye Athletic/Academic Conference National Division Girls Bowler of the Year. The junior bowler led her team to a perfect league record of 12-0 during the 2024-25 season to earn a league title, the program’s fourth straight. And for the fourth consecutive year, Georgetown High School’s girls bowling coach, Brandon Winterod, has been named the SBAAC National Division Coach of the Year.