August 2017

  • Warriors kick off SHAC play

      Eastern boys fall short in tight battle against North Adams –  By Wade Linville –  Southern Hills Athletic Conference play kicked off for the Eastern Warriors on Aug. 23, as they hosted the North Adams Green Devils. In a tight battle for an early season win, it was the…


  • Lady Broncos stand at 2-1

      By Wade Linville –  Coming off wins over the Clermont Northeastern Lady Rockets and the Eastern Brown Lady Warriors to start the season, the Western Brown Lady Broncos suffered their first loss of the season on Aug. 22 while playing host to a talented varsity volleyball team of Little…


  • Late Devil goals lead to Lady Warrior loss

    By Wade Linville –  The Eastern Lady Warriors played host to the North Adams Lady Green Devils for their first Southern Hills Athletic Conference match of the season on Wednesday. After rallying to take a 2-1 lead over the visiting Devils in the second half, it was the North Adams…


  • David R Carrington Sr

    David R. Carrington Sr. (Davey), age 78 of Georgetown, Ohio, died Saturday, August 19, 2017 at his home.  He was a retired salesman from Steinbergs and owned his own furniture/appliance store in Georgetown for several years. Mr. Carrington was born October 16, 1938 the son of the late Talbert and…


  • 2017 Ohio Rural Heritage Festival

      By Martha B. Jacob –  The Grand Marshal for the 2017 Ohio Rural Heritage Festival will be Doug Bentley. Bentley grew up on a farm in Clinton County where he served in Vietnam as a corpsman. Being a flight medic started his career in emergency medicine. He has served…


  • Ripley DAR contributes towards new village flags

      By Martha B. Jacob –  Members of the Ripley Village Council met in regular session on August 8 and accepted a check from Vickie Carrington with the Ripley-Lieutenant Byrd Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution toward the purchase of new American flags for the village of Ripley.…


  • Rural Heritage Festival event schedule

      The events for the first day of the 2017 Ohio Rural Heritage Festival begin on Thursday morning at 9 a.m. August 24 with the vendor registration and setup. At 6 p.m. that evening the Queen Pageant will take place on the Main Stage, followed by the local band Spear…


  • Betty G Schatzman

    Betty Goslin Schatzman, age 87 of Georgetown, Ohio died Monday, August 7, 2017 at the Bradford Place in Hamilton, Ohio. She was a retired clerical employee. Betty was a member of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and Fidelis Class, the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180 Auxiliary, the former Brown County…


  • Robert L McAfee

    Robert Lawrence McAfee, age 69 of Williamsburg, Ohio died Monday, August 14, 2017 at the Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Inpatient Center in Seaman, Ohio.  He was a mechanic for Holland Motor Express, a member of the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180 and a United States Marine Corps Vietnam…


  • Paul V Tolle

    Paul V. Tolle 95 of Buford Oh died august 17,2017 at the Brown County Veterans Home in Georgetown. He is survived by one brother Phillip Tolle , several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday August 22,2017 at the Beam-Fender Funeral Home in Sardinia, visitation from 10:00AM until time of…


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