Adena, Ohio

• Rural Hospitals Receive Grants
  

  Small and rural hospitals across Ohio are improving services to their communities thanks to $663,300 in federal and state grants administered by the Foundation for Healthy Communities of the Ohio Hospital Association.

• Adena site preps for accreditation visit
  

  "Our business is history," Adena Mansion & Gardens Society board chairman Ed Behanna said Thursday, and if the Adena site is successful in an ongoing accreditation bid, business will indeed be good.

• America's architectural heritage - the Hopewell ceremonial complexes of southeastern Ohio
  

  A new people moved into the Ohio Valley region around 200 BC. They are labeled today the "Hopewell People" after a site near Chillocothe, Ohio.

• Trails topic of discussion
  

  What would Jefferson County residents want out of a network of biking and jogging trails? They'll have their chance to make their views known as a series of meetings is held around the county in coming days to consider trails and greenways across the county.

• Chillicothe senior health event offers free screenings, information
  

  A win-win event is how a free senior health fair Thursday at the PACCAR Medical Education Center is being promoted.

• Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Frankfort woman
  

  A Frankfort man entered a plea of guilty Monday on a reduced charge in connection with a 2008 crash that killed a woman.

• ZT pulls together after crash
  

  KINNIKINNICK -- Saying Wednesday was a difficult day for the Zane Trace community doesn't begin to explain the level of emotional chaos.

• Titan Baseball to Host Camp
  

  WHAT Titan Baseball Spring Training Camp for ages 8 to 13 WHEN 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHERE Adena Hall gymnasium, Newark campus of Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College COST $80; $60 for one day REGISTRATION www.cotc.edu/studentlife/ athrec/pages/camps.aspx, 366-9245 or athletics@newark.ohiostate.edu

• Quick Takes
  

  TRAILS INPUT: The Jefferson County Trails and Greenways Vision group will hold public hearings in March to learn what the area wants in the development of walking and biking trails.

• Chillicothe Garden Club
  

  Prior to the Jan. 18 meeting of the Chillicothe Garden Club, Karen Neff, of Ben's Mustard, spoke about how the business started and the history of the mustard seed.

• Space checks up on RENEW Ohio initiative
  

  U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, checked the progress of his RENEW Ohio 18 initiative by making the first stop of a new tour of the district at the PACCAR Medical Education Center Tuesday.

• Fort Ancient to host unique walking tour
  

  Unlike traditional walking tours of Fort Ancient, Saturday's hike at the Warren County park twill take advantage of the barren winter landscape to showcase the unobstructed views of the earthworks available only during winter months.

• Troopers: Wrong-Way Driver Causes Head-On Crash; Alcohol Suspected
  

  A trip down the wrong lanes of Route 7 proved dangerous in Yorkville Thursday night.

• Chamber holds annual Groundhog Breakfast
  

  NEWARK -- Community members and business leaders braved frigid temperatures early Friday to crowd into Adena Hall on the Newark campus of Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College for the 54th annual Groundhog Breakfast sponsored by the Licking County Chamber of Commerce.

• Hike offers glimpse into past
  

  It may be the middle of winter but you can still enjoy hiking while learning about the ancient people who inhabited our area.

• Wrong-Way Crash Sends Two to Hospital, Alcohol a Factor
  

  Alcohol was a factor in a wrong way crash on State Route 7 in Jefferson County Jan.

• Barbershop harmony featured in Adena concert series
  

  Living up to its mission of bringing a variety of musical styles to the Frankfort area, the Adena Area Concert Series welcomes the barbershop harmony of The Miami Valley Music Men for a Monday evening concert at the Adena High School Auditeria.

• Adena Lions to plan minstrel show
  

  The dinner meeting of the Adena Lions Club was held at the Harrisville Fire House Auxiliary building with Alva Kinner as dinner chairman.

• Space still fighting to RENEW 18th District
  

  ZANESVILLE -- U.S. Rep. Zack Space still is fighting to bring jobs and growth back to southeastern Ohio.

City Description

Adena (pronounced /əˈdinə/) is a village in Harrison and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 815 at the 2000 census. The Jefferson County portion of Adena is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Founded in 1801 and incorporated in 1908, Adena began in a land fertile for agriculture, and in later years railroads and coal mines provided many jobs. Adena's coal mines were part of eastern Ohio's richest coal area. By the early twentieth century, many schools, homes, and businesses were established. In 1939, the population reached 1,500 as bus companies made connections to Martins Ferry, Steubenville, Cadiz, and Wheeling, luring business from bigger cities. Adena is located two miles north of U.S. Route 250, fourteen miles east of St. Clairsville, thirty miles south of Steubenville, and nineteen miles northwest of Wheeling, West Virginia. Adena is governed by a village council and Mayor Ray Jeskey, who is serving his third term after being first elected in 2000. Adena is located at 40°13′1″N 80°52′33″W / 40.21694°N 80.87583°W / 40.21694; -80.87583 (40.216883, -80.875937). According to the United States Census Bureau, the

City Contained By:

• Jefferson County
• Ohio
• Smithfield Township

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.29499405517 km squared

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