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Drug Takeback Day
By Wayne Gates When a loved one dies or someone simply begins to feel better, many prescription drugs go unused, forgotten in medicine cabinets. Some of those drugs are opiates that could be a target […]
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Ripley Council discusses water plant erosion
By Martha Jacob Ripley Council met in regular session on Oct. 9 and got right to business following the approval of the minutes and roll call. Matt Layford, electric Department supervisor, was a scheduled guest […]
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Ripley FD gets 106K grant
By Martha Jacob In September, this year, US Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $106,267 to the Village of Ripley Fire Department […]
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Strickland visits Brown County
Former First Lady of Ohio, Frances Strickland, visited Brown County Tuesday evening, October 9, for a conversation with local women about the political environment and the upcoming November 6 election. Frances Strickland is campaigning along […]
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Four charged in overdose deaths
By Wayne Gates Four people are facing first degree felony charges after allegedly providing the drugs that caused two separate overdose deaths. Sherman Walker died of a fentanyl overdose on August 17. “The drug task […]
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Bowie joins Aberdeen council
By Jonathan Wright Champion Media Village council is now back up to full strength after a new member was named. But the city will need to find a new base of operations, council learned. Members […]
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Brown County Fair gets underway
By Wayne Gates The 2018 Brown County Fair got off to a soggy start. The very rare decision to cancel the opening parade was made on Monday, Sept. 24 due to the threat of severe […]
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RULH 5th graders study different measurements
At Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington fifth grade students in Mrs. Debbie Gray’s class, completed several labs that taught them how to use scientific tools. The kids learned what increments were. https://www.ripleybee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_RULH-5th-grade-lab.jpg
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Fair Parade Cancelled
The threat of severe weather has prompted organizers to cancel today’s Brown County Fair parade and the Demolition Derby. The King and Queen contest is still on tonight in Danny Gray building at 8pm. The […]
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Temporary erosion fix at water plant
By Martha Jacob Members of the Ripley Village Council met Sept. 11 before a full council and opened the meeting with a moment of silence for all those who lost their lives during the 9/11 […]