North Adams High School will once again be the site for a full day of hardwood action as the annual Coach Young Classic ...

Education-based athletics within our nation’s schools have been an important part of everyday life for millions of ...

Aldridge was honored on December 30 at the Town and Country Lanes, when much like the winner of the Masters Golf Tournament, ...

The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) is accepting applications for more than 50 scholarship funds supporting the educational and career goals of students in the 32-county region. Scholarship ...

Brenda Lee Staten, 73, of West Union, Ohio, died January 11, 2025 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia. She was born August 9,1951 in Cherry Fork. She was preceded in death by parents Fred ...

There is a foot of melting snow and slush surrounding my home, the Bengals didn’t make the playoffs and I couldn’t be more ...

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

Frank William Dever Sr., 82, of Manchester passed away peacefully on Friday, January 10, 2025 at the Ohio Valley Hospice of ...

Naylor, age 93, passed from this earth early in the morning January 10, 2025 at the Legacy Hillsboro Skilled Nursing facility ...

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.