Fayette County News

Washington C.H. City Council members and City Manager Joe Denen honored longtime employee Kay Pope at Wednesday night's meeting.

The city's two-year-long search for a new city manager has ended. Charles Bowman, 50, of Kent, was appointed by city council Monday in a 4-1 vote to take over for current city Manager Charles Tieche.

As a child, I have few memories associated with Independence Day. There's a reason for this: When you are growing up on a 900-acre farm in southcentral Ohio, you do not waste a beautiful, midsummer day to go on a picnic, take in a parade or watch fireworks.

The Fayette County Commissioners entered into a couple of agreements and passed a resolution authorizing the appropriation of funds.

The fire in southern Fayette County killed a family cat. A family has been left homeless after fire destroyed their home Monday night.

Fayette County children can get their immunizations at the Fayette County Health Department's Mobile Care Van Wednesday, July 1st.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE - A former regional director of the National Wild Turkey Federation was sentenced to 10 months in prison June 2 for the embezzlement of $72,951, according to a report at Ohio OutdoorNews.com. Walter E. Ingram, 48, of Washington Court House, pleaded guilty April 2 in Fayette County Common Pleas Court to one count of felony ...

The Race is an annual fund-raising event which benefits the Fayette County Diabetes Association.

Emergency crews responded to an injury crash on Oak Street in Washington CH Thursday morning, shortly after 1:20am. The Fayette County Sheriff found a multi vehicle accident, with one of the vehicles on its top in the middle of the road and a person trapped inside.

The annual Youth Outdoor Skills Day will be held Saturday, June 6th at the Fayette County Fish & Game Lodge on Robinson Road in Washington C.H. There will be archery, rifle & shotgun shooting and outdoor cooking.

The Fayette County Commissioners will be advertising for bids for the County Road Resurfacing Project.

Fire investigators no long suspect that the father of a girl killed in a house fire three years ago set the blaze.

A two hour stand off with Fayette County Sheriff's deputies with shots fired ended peacefully Friday evening.

The Fayette County Commissioners approved a Notice to Proceed with Marquee Construction for the Fayette County Court House renovations and restorations.

A Bloomingburg man was arrested early Tuesday morning after the Fayette County Sheriff's Office received a report of a man entering vehicles along the roadway.

A few more details have emerged about the apprehension of a man in Ross County believed to be responsible for a Fayette County stabbing Saturday.

Two people were seriously hurt after being stabbed Saturday afternoon in Fayette County.

A Ross County man has been charged on two counts of attempted murder and one count of auto theft in Fayette County after a Saturday evening incident.

Friday, May 15th is National Peace Officers Memorial Day; a day designated by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 in honor of federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.

At the Fayette County Board of Health meeting Deputy Health Commissioner Karen Lowe gave the Board an update on the H1N1 Flu.