Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to know better these outstanding young people who participate both in ...

he City of Obetz is proud to welcome student-athletes, coaches, families and fans from across Ohio to Fortress Obetz this fall for two Ohio High School Athletic Association cross country championship ...

And there are many of you. Even among those registered, 10 percent do not cast ballots. In the 2024 national elections, fully 10 percent of registered voters did not turn out. That is 18 million ...

The Ohio Valley FFA Ag Soils team has placed third in the State Competition held in Frankfort, Ohio. The team of (left to right), Ross Daulton, James Work, Cole Watters and Maddox Martin, placed ...

Larry “Doc” Anderson recently was awarded a service plaque for being a licensed funeral director and embalmer for fifty years ...

Arn of Winchester; son, Matthew (Trini) Arn of Batavia; daughter, Amanda (Jim) Schroeder of Mt. Orab; five grandchildren; ...

My name is Ellison “Ellie” Matheny, I am originally from Jackson County in West Virginia, which is just about two hours from ...

With 14 years of service at the Adams County Public Library (ACPL), Sabrena, Library Assistant and Programmer, has built a ...

Earlier this mont at the Ohio River Way’s annual summit in Ironton, Ohio, a 167-mile stretch of the Ohio River was designated ...

Edith Renee “Edie” Schwamberger, 66, of Peebles, Ohio, passed away on October 15, 2026, after a courageous 10-year battle ...

Lordstown, Ohio, knows the other side of economic change. For generations, manufacturing defined the community. General ...