Piketon News Archives

The Fourth District Court of Appeals will convene at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 12 in the Pike County Common Pleas Courtroom at the courthouse in Waverly to consider cases from Athens, Jackson and Washington counties.

The Ohio Senate recently approved a resolution sponsored by State Senator John Carey of Wellston, which urges the federal government to take action to ensure that two critical advanced energy development projects in Southern Ohio have the resources necessary to move forward.

In SVC action Friday night, Westfall blanked Huntington 31-0, and Adena defeated Piketon 21-14. Paint Valley walked away with a 57-26 win over Unioto.

LATA/Parallax Portsmouth, LLC and the Garnet A. Wilson Public Library in Waverly have announced a partnership they hope will enhance the quality of the work force and attract new workers.

Less than two years ago, Charles Zan of Miamisburg reconnected with Charles Ernst, his long-lost son in Germany.

Editor, the Gazette: My husband and I have lived in Pike County for almost 45 years.

The Gazette Staff Normally, weekends are for entertainment, a bit of a break from the stresses and hassles of the work week.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says employees who toiled at two former nuclear weapons sites in Ohio in Fernald and Piqua should face less red tape in obtaining compensation for illnesses caused by their exposure to dangerous materials.

Illegal narcotics and drug abuse instuments confiscated. The Pike County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an assault occurring at 180 Good Manner Road in Piketon.

For the first time since 2004, the Village of Piketon is not deemed by the state to be in a fiscal emergency.

A Piketon man was killed early this morning in a one-vehicle crash in Pike County, according to the State Highway Patrol.

The village was placed in fiscal emergency five years ago based on significant deficits.

For the first time in a while, Westfall finally had everybody healthy during its 25-21, 25-11, 25-14 SVC win against Piketon.

A promise earlier this year by the Department of Energy to give USEC $45 million in research funding as a stop gap until the Obama administration reconsidered the company's application for a $2 billion federal loan guarantee needed to finance a new uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio apparently falls in the category of, "not so fast." The ...

For the first time since 2004, the Village of Piketon is not deemed by the state to be in a fiscal emergency.

NEWARK - For Kerry Hamilton, becoming president and chief operating officer of Hospice of Central Ohio was a way to bring effective care to people at the end of their lives.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that disposal of 5.7 million pounds of excess plant oils has been completed by its Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office.

FRANKFORT -- Adena made it official Thursday. The Warriors locked up the outright Scioto Valley Conference volleyball championship with an easy 25-9, 25-5, 25-10 win against Piketon, capping an eventful week for the Warriors that didn't end the way they'd hoped.

Steve Martin named to replace Phil Satterfield. The Verne Riffe Vocational Center in Piketon will be losing their superintendent to the Ross/Pike ESC Office next year.

The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comment on its plan to tear down and remove the X-633 recirculating cooling tower at its closed Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon.

Plenty of Huntsmen players stepped up during its 25-20, 25-18, 25-17 win against the Redstreaks.

An 18-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in an infant's loss of two toes to rat bites.

This week's OHSAA Football Computer rankings will show a drop for the Westfall Mustangs, despite a win over Southeastern.

The Employees Club of LATA/Parallax Portsmouth LLC in Piketon recently made a $500 donation to the Christmas Gifts for Children program.

The Athens Boys and Gallia Academy Girls were winners of the Piketon Invitational Cross Country Meet.

MIAMISBURG -- Workers at former nuclear production plants in southern Ohio, including Piketon, will soon be able to get free CT scans for the early detection of lung cancer and other ailments related to work exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals.