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A huge sigh of relief can be heard in rural communities across the country, including about forty here in the Tri-State.That’s because the U.S. Postal Service has dropped plans to close post offices in thousands of small towns to save money.

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Deborah and Larry Hensley were surprised to discover pictures and partially torn papers and cards scattered in the woods near their Bainbridge home on March 2. After analyzing the personal effects, the Bainbridge couple quickly concluded that the documents were scattered northeastward some 70 miles by an EF3 tornado that had struck Peach Grove, … (more)

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Local 12 News has confirmed of the sudden passing of one of the Brown County Commissioners.

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Deputies arrested Doug Waits, 23, on charges of trafficking drugs in the parking lot of the Marathon gas station in Mt.

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GEORGETOWN, Ohio – A Brown County grand jury has indicted a former southern Ohio village mayor on six charges connected to voter intimidation.

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Garland Renchen, who served as mayor of Aberdeen from 2007 to 2011, was charged with one count of felony bribery and five misdemeanor charges of interfering with civil rights.

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Brown County commissioners will host a redistricting public hearing at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 1 during the regular county board meeting in the Brown County Courthouse.

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Fishermen anxiously look forward to the Jaycees Trout Derby each year, when they get outside to the water.

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Authorities said 30-year-old Nancy Bowles, of Fayetteville, sent unspecified drugs through the mail to 32-year-old Jason Metcalfe, an inmate at the Brown County Detention Center.

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Beth Robinson was born and raised in rural Brown County. But ever since she went to college at University of Cincinnati’s As CEO of the Uptown Consortium, a nonprofit community development corporation dedicated to improvement of the Uptown area, Robinson leads the effort to revitalize the area.

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