Hedrick Medical Center and the American Cancer Society recently partnered to create a new patient education resource center at the hospital, which opened to the public June 1.

On Thursday, June 25, many summer school students at Dewey School and the Chillicothe High School were presented with a unique curriculum on the importance of habitat conservation, courtesy of  the Chillicothe-based Shortgrass Chapter of Quail Forever. Cooperation by R-2 school administrators and teachers allowed more than 80 pre-third graders at Dewey and 50 plus pre-sixth graders at the high school to listen to presentations by QF instructors and even play an exciting game depicting predator-prey relationships and the importance of good habitat to prey species such as bobwhite quail.

This spring, Hedrick Medical Center Auxiliary members generously donated two pieces of equipment to the hospital’s nuclear medicine department to improve the level of care provided to patients.

The F-105 Thunder Chief fighter jet which was removed last year to undergo major renovations returned to its perch Wednesday evening at the entrance of the Chillicothe Municipal Airport. The aircraft has towered over the entrance along U.S. Highway 36 since 1985.

The Chillicothe City Council approved a proposal to convert approximately 14 acres of old prison property on the north side of Third Street into a 100-unit carriage home development.
The unanimous decision came after an hour-long discussion Wednesday night in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The special meeting was called expressly for that purpose and was held two days after a regular semi-monthly meeting when the council first considered the issue.

Shaffer Park, which had been closed to the public except for times when Chillicothe Mudcats baseball games were played, has been reopened for general public use. The park is now open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily.