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Trump wins 2024 presidential election

gpsadmin - November 7, 2024

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Four inducted into Brown County History Hall of Fame

gpsadmin - November 4, 2024

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Georgetown Jr./Sr. High School holds ribbon cutting for new weight room

gpsadmin - October 21, 2024

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173rd Brown County Fair gets underway

gpsadmin - September 23, 2024

A ceremonial ground breaking was held in Ripley on Aug. 11 to celebrate the $16,387,086 Appalachian Community Grant Fund project that will go towards riverfront improvements along Front Street at the banks of the Ohio River. Photo by Wade Linville

Monumental ground breakings held in Brown County for Appalachian Community Grant...

gpsadmin - August 19, 2025

It was around three years ago (2022) when Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, then Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik partnered with the Ohio General Assembly to develop the Appalachian Community Grant Program, an investment that directed $500 million into Ohio’s 32-county Appalachian region.

Hillman Ridge Road. Photo by Wade Linville

‘I just want my mailbox moved’

June 10, 2025

On the sunny afternoon of April 22, school administrators, teachers, and students gathered for the official dedication of Ralph Sininger Way on the Georgetown Exempted Village Schools campus. From the left, Eric Toole (Treasurer), Dr. Raymond Virost (GEVS Board president), Ralph Sininger, and Brad Winterod (GEVS superintendent). Photo Provided

GEVS dedicates Ralph Sininger Way

May 15, 2025

The Brown County Health Department’s work is being featured as a success story of the HEALing Communities Study in Ohio, purchasing a mobile medical unit with technical assistance and funding from the HCS.. Photo provided

Brown County Health Department recognized for success in mobile unit initiative

March 26, 2025

Clifton sentenced for aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder

March 18, 2025

Humphrey sentenced to mandatory prison term of 40 years to life...

February 24, 2025

With a crew of new staff members, Small Town Home Health Solutions has expanded its services in Brown and surrounding counties. Pictured are (in no particular order) Jamie Brierly (RN), Lisa Flannery (RN), Vicki Leonard (PTA), Carla Pennington (administrator), Jill Newton (occupational therapist), and Barb Broshears (billing). Photo by Wade Linville

Small Town Home Health Solutions expands services

January 28, 2025

Betty Campbell, regent of the Ripley-Lieutenant Byrd Chapter of the DAR, welcomes the crowd to this year’s Wreaths Across America Day ceremony at Ripley’s Maplewood Cemetery on Dec. 14. Photo by Wade Linville

We remember: Veterans honored during Wreaths Across America ceremony in Ripley

December 19, 2024

The annual Mt. Orab Christmas in the Village Parade is set for Nov. 30.

Mt. Orab Christmas in the Village Parade is Nov. 30

November 24, 2024

Polling locations in Brown County were busy Nov. 5 as the county saw a big turnout of voters on Election Day. Photo by Wade Linville

Trump wins 2024 presidential election

November 7, 2024

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Norma Jean Downey, 81

September 8, 2025

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William Lee Whisman, 68

September 3, 2025

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Janet Marie Richardson, 78

September 2, 2025

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Donald Lee Tarvin, 93

September 2, 2025

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Susan G. Cluxton, 74

September 1, 2025

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Lady Rockets are Brown County Volleyball Tournament champions

Sports gpsadmin - August 25, 2025

Another rousing season of high school volleyball is officially underway, and four varsity teams of high schools in Brown County faced off at Georgetown Jr./Sr. High School on Aug. 16 to vie for this year’s Brown County Volleyball Tournament title.