🌱 Sensory Storytime and 11 more events

Good morning to you Jackson! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rather cloudy and misty, with a high of 54 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 62, low: 45.
• Saturday: Low clouds, with a high of 53 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Sensory Storytime
  Lucasville Library , 103 State Route 728 , Lucasville
  4:00 pm
• Chillicothe Trans*formers
  United Way of Ross County , 69 E Water St , Chillicothe
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Game On: Game Day Saturday
  Bossard Memorial Library , 7 Spruce St , Gallipolis
  10:00 am
• Raceland Girls Varsity Basketball @ Notre Dame
  Notre Dame High School · Portsmouth , OH , South Webster
  2:00 pm
• Triumphant Quartet
  Vern Riffe Center for the Arts · Portsmouth , OH , South Webster
  6:00 pm
• Lewis County Boys Varsity Basketball @ Portsmouth
  Portsmouth High School · Portsmouth , OH , South Webster
  8:00 pm
• LIVE MUSIC NEXT LEVEL
  The Colony , 418 2nd Ave , Gallipolis
  9:00 pm
• Live Music! Next Level
  The Colony , 418 2nd Ave , Gallipolis
  9:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Blazer Girls Varsity Basketball @ Portsmouth
  Portsmouth High School · Portsmouth , OH , South Webster
  7:00 pm
• Fairview Boys Varsity Basketball @ Notre Dame
  Notre Dame High School · Portsmouth , OH , South Webster
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• NYE Party w/ Hunter Jordan
  Beast and Bottle , 106 S Market St , Waverly
  6:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Kids Art Show
  Lucasville Library , 103 State Route 728 , Lucasville
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Carrols Corporation posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Jackson. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Portsmouth

• Richard Norman Lightle, 93 of Waverly (sciotocountydailynews.com)

Chillicothe

• Busted! 12/23/25 New Arrests in Portsmouth, Ohio (sciotocountydailynews.com)
• Mary Ellen Hayden Baker,78 of South Shore (sciotocountydailynews.com)
• Lost Marine Corps ring (wsaz.com)

Gallipolis

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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