Wellston Mayor Connie Pelletier announced Wednesday evening that a boil order is now in effect in the city on East 14^th Street and Maine Avenue to the corporation limits and from 14^th Street south to New York Avenue to the dead end of New York Avenue. Also, any customers affected by low pressure or no water should consider themselves under the boil order.

Monday, Dec. 2 was the opening day of Ohio’s white-tailed deer-gun hunting season with 15,501 deer taken by Buckeye State hunters, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. During the 2018 season, 13,651 deer were harvested on the opening day of gun season.

The Jackson County Commissioners’ regular weekly meeting will be held this Thursday, Dec. 5, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Courthouse Annex on Portsmouth Street in Jackson. This week’s meeting was shifted from the regular day of Tuesday to Thursday.

The Oak Hill Senior Citizens Center at 115 Glencove Ave. in Oak Hill, will be closed this Thursday, Dec. 5. It’s a one-day closure only and the center will be open on the normal schedule on Friday, Dec. 6.