The Adams County Community Foundation recently celebrated its five-year anniversary. The David Worley Memorial Fund is the ...

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

Here in Adams County, there was plenty of news also. Here, in no particular order, are the Defender’s top stories of 2024.

The National High School Sports Record Book, first published by the NFHS in 1979 and now housed online at www.nfhs.org, ...

Save the day at Superheroes Storytime at the Manchester Library on Wednesday, January 15 at 11 a.m. or Thursday, January 16 ...

Fall sports is easily the busiest tine of year for the dedicated sports department here at the Defender, and 2024 was no ...

Meadowview Regional Medical Center rang in 2025 with the year’s first birth. Weighing 7 pounds and 6 ounces and measuring 20 ...

As Winter Storm Blair continues its march across the United States, its effects are being strongly felt in Ohio, especially ...

Ohio’s minimum wage was scheduled to increase on January 1 to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for ...

Harold Showalter, 90, of Lake Waynoka, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025 at the Mercy-Jewish Hospital in Kenwood. He was ...

Do you really think blaming the Chiefs is the right thing to do after Cincinnati had another slow start and was sitting at ...

“The Ohio River is at the heart of our communities, and this legislation is a historic step toward safeguarding the health ...