A woman was arrested following a brief vehicle pursuit in Ross County on Saturday morning, July 27, that ended near the ...

CHILLICOTHE - Ross County Sheriff George Lavender is eyeing the feasibility of building a second jail facility in an effort to alleviate crowding in the jail. The jail population is pushing over ...

Updated: Feb 15, 2023 / 07:18 AM EST CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ross County Sheriff’s Office has terminated its jail administrator after an incident it said involved excessive force.

Currently, the Ross County Jail houses 172 inmates, according to the inmate roster. Despite being overcrowded, the jail is still managing to meet the majority of the state's standards.

CHILLICOTHE — The Ross County Auditor Jeff Lehner has recently been involved in the discussion about the city-county jail partnership agreement. With this discussion, Lehner has seen and heard ...

CHILLICOTHE — After an inmate died in the Ross County Jail Friday night, his mother is speaking out. Malcolm Willis, 21, was serving a 30-day sentence for an OVI when he died in the Ross County ...

Friday night, Feb. 27, 1925, prisoner John Owens threw a tantrum inside the Ross County jail. He had burglarized the Central Barbar Shop several weeks before, stealing $68 and a revolver.

According to the Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Jason A. Matson, 40, was assigned to an outside work detail when he ran from a corrections officer who was supervising him in the area of Cattail ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) – Dozens of Ross County residents attended a prayer vigil Sunday for a sheriff’s office sergeant who was injured in the line of duty this past week. Ross County ...

INITIAL REPORT A Ross County sheriff’s deputy and a suspect were shot Thursday night in front of the county sheriff’s office, county Sheriff George Lavender Jr. said in a social media post.