The Adams County Junior Deputy Program kicked off its first Boot Camp of the season on June 12–13 at the Peebles Church of ...

Southern Hills Athletic Conference All-Conference Baseball Tea. Front row, from left, Jacen Applegate (Whiteoak), Luke ...

The plan’s scope is comprehensive: outlining significant investments in improving water quality, restoring wildlife habitat, ...

The Sustainable Forestry team is working with the US Forest Service on a Forest Landowner Support project to provide technical assistance on forest farming, silvopasture, invasive species removal and ...

“There haven’t been this many people in Ripley since the days of the old Tobacco Festival.” These were the words of a downtown business owner last Wednesday evening as he gazed down lower Main Street ...

Patsy Ann Snider (Grooms), age 78 of West Union, Ohio, passed away June 15, 2025 at Clermont Hospital in Batavia. Patsy was ...

One of Peebles’ longest-running and most beloved traditions, the Old Timers Day Festival, will not be held in 2025. The ...

Shown is Mr. Ten Grooms, County Address Coordinator of the Adams County Highway Department. Part of the Adams County Highway ...

Ronald Thomas Rickey, 85, of Decatur, Ohio, died Thursday, June 5, 2025. He was born May 17, 1940 in Wayne Township in Adams County, Ohio. He was preceded in death by parents, John Thomas and ...

Vogler 96, passed away at her home on June 14, 2025. June was born on June 19, 1928 in Manchester, Ohio to Darius and ...

More than just a celebration of recreation, Paddlefest is a fundraiser with a mission. Debbie Ryan, speaking on behalf of the ...

Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to ...