The Board of Education meets with Spartan Recognition Awards, the county engineer brings the North Warren County Transportation Plan to the village office, and the Spartans head to Graham Friday.
Weather
Today: 62°F, Widespread Frost then Sunny (high 62° / low 38°)
Outlook: - Tuesday — high 66° / low 39°, Sunny - Veterans Day — high 64° / low 42°, Partly Sunny - Thursday — high 53° / low 32°, Light Rain Likely
No NWS alerts in effect.
This morning in Waynesville
- School board meets tonight. The Wayne Local Board of Education holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the WLS Performing Arts Center, 625 Dayton Rd., with Spartan Recognition Awards on the program. (district · BoardDocs)
- Roads plan comes to the village Tuesday. Warren County Engineer Kurt Weber will discuss the North Warren County Transportation Plan Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Village of Waynesville office, 1400 Lytle Rd., according to the Chamber, which asks attendees to RSVP. Local 12 reports planners have drawn six proposals for a better I-71/I-75 connection across the northern county, including one that would follow S.R. 122 east to U.S. 42 and then S.R. 73, and that any construction is years away. The plan's online survey closes November 17. (Chamber · Local 12 · survey)
- Semifinal Friday, festival Saturday. Fresh off a 35-13 playoff win over Preble Shawnee, Spartan football plays a regional semifinal at Graham Local in St. Paris Friday at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday the Waynesville Fantasy Festival fills downtown from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (next game · events calendar)
Schools
The Board of Education meets tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center (see above). Wayne Local is encouraging families to nominate teachers in Diehl Law's educator recognition effort, according to the district's Facebook page, and students in two classes recently built airplanes alongside Lowe's staff on a hands-on field trip. No delays or closings are posted. (district)
Library programs (Mary L. Cook Public Library) - Tue · Nov 10, 10:30 AM — Toddler Time - Tue · Nov 10, 3:00 PM — Teen Tuesday (6th-12th Grade) - Tue · Nov 10, 4:00 PM — Chapters Book Club (registration required) - Wed · Nov 11, 10:30 AM — Baby Bookworms - …and 2 more — see the full list
Sign up soon (registration needed; full list on /events/) - Mon, Nov 16 · check the library for the time — Art Class for Kids: Magic Flashlight Art: registration required - Mon, Nov 16 · 5:30 PM — Getting Reel Film Club: registration required
This week in sports
Results - Football (Varsity) — Waynesville 35, Preble Shawnee 13 (Home) — box score
Upcoming - Football (Varsity) — @ Graham Local, Fri · Nov 13, 7:00 PM — details
Local government
Next up: Warren County Commissioners, Tue, Nov 10 · 9:00 AM — agenda posted (Regular Session 2) · agenda posted (Regular Session 1). Latest posted by the commissioners: agenda, Oct 27 · resolutions, Oct 27 · minutes, Oct 20 (Regular Session 2) · minutes, Oct 20 (Regular Session 1). Also next up: Wayne Township Trustees, Tue, Nov 17 · 7:00 PM, 6050 N. Clarksville Rd., Waynesville — latest posted agenda: Trustees Meeting Agenda, Oct 20, 2026. Up for consideration at Tuesday's 9:00 a.m. commissioners session: contracts with Ford Development Corp. and Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly Inc. for an apron and taxiway project at the Warren County Airport, spending OneOhio opioid settlement funds for the county drug task force, and starting negotiations with Sound Communications to replace the Emergency Communications Center's voice, radio and screen recording system (agenda). A 2027 budget work session follows at 11:30 a.m. (agenda).
Official notices (past two weeks): - Nov 4, Wayne Township — Northern Warren County Transpiration Plan: Warren County, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments are developing the North Warren…
North Warren County Transportation Plan — new or updated on the project site this week: - Nov 4: Online Survey (updated) - Nov 4: Public Open House (updated)
Village Council — minutes of the October 19, 2026 meeting (posted as part of the November 2, 2026 agenda packet):
Around town
Saturday, November 14, brings the Waynesville Fantasy Festival downtown, Owl Fest from 3 to 11 p.m. at Caesar Creek State Park, and a dessert auction at CrossView Christian Church for the Miami Cemetery Association roads fund. Regionally, The City Mercantile Christmas Market runs November 13–15 at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon. The library is collecting donations for the Friends of the Library holiday silent auction through Saturday. (full calendar)
Building permits, October 2026 — 19 permits issued in Wayne Township and the villages of Waynesville and Corwin, $3,807,553 in listed project costs. The Warren County Building Department posts each month's report about five to six weeks after the month ends, so these are not new filings. Full report - Oct 5 — N ROUTE 42 (Wayne Township): new single family home — $661,978 - Oct 6 — CUMBERLAND COURT (Wayne Township): residential new — $1,000,000 - Oct 6 — COUNTRY LAKE BOULEVARD (Wayne Township): new residential — $900,000 - Oct 6 — ADAM LANE (Wayne Township): 30x40 ft pole barn construction — $35,000 - …and 10 more — see the full list
Merchant Association events (waynesvilleshops.com) - Sun, Dec 6 · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM — Waynesville Street Faire The Christmas Market
Caesar Creek State Park
Naturalist programs at the park, about five miles east of the village, over the next 14 days. Check each program's page for meeting points and any changes.
- Sat, Nov 14 · 3:00 PM–11:00 PM — Owl Fest
- Sat, Nov 21 · 11:00 AM–2:00 PM — Cast Iron Cooking (Nature Center)
Public safety
No NWS weather alerts are in effect this morning; widespread frost gives way to sunshine and a high near 62, with light rain likely Thursday. The S.R. 73 resurfacing and turn-lane project between Red Lion-Five Points Road and Harveysburg Road continues with lane restrictions through November 30, according to ODOT. Countywide, the Morrow-Woodville Road closure runs through November 13, according to the county engineer.
Road work near Waynesville (ODOT, within about 8 miles): - S.R. 73 Resurfacing and Turn Lane Addtiion — lane restrictions through Nov 30. Resurfacing S.R. 73, between Red Lion- Five Points Road and Harveysburg Road, as well as the installation of a left-turn lane on…
County road closures (Warren County Engineer, countywide): - Began Nov 4: Morrow-Woodville Rd Closure to be extended (through Nov 13)
This week's events
- Requests now · ahead of Thanksgiving (Nov 26) — Free Thanksgiving food baskets for Waynesville families (MorningStar Baptist Church (Centerville) outreach ministry) — details
- Mon–Sat, Nov 9–14 · during library hours — Donations wanted for the Friends of the Library Holiday Silent Auction (Mary L. Cook Public Library, 381 Old Stage Rd, Waynesville (front desk)) — details
- Mon, Nov 9 · 6:00 PM — Wayne Local Schools Board of Education — Regular Meeting & Spartan Recognition Awards (WLS Performing Arts Center (Auditorium), 625 Dayton Rd, Waynesville) — details
- Tue, Nov 10 · 9:00 AM — Warren County Commissioners — Weekly Session (406 Justice Dr, Lebanon) — details
- …and 1 more — see the full list
Holiday Lights Guide: Christmas light displays and holiday events in and around Waynesville — see the guide.
See the full events calendar.
Obituaries
- Mary Noland — Aug. 10, 1956 - Nov. 04, 2026 (tribute)
Local headlines
- "Warren County Disability Advocates Present and Connect at Annual Synergy Conference" — Warren County Post, full story. Warren County Disability Advocates Present and Connect at Annual Synergy Conference in Sandusky, OH
- "Warren County, Ohio, election results – Nov. 3, 2026" — WDTN.com, full story.
- "Study proposes six connectors between I-75 and I-71 in northern Warren County" — Dayton Daily News, full story.
- "Forrest Bush Obituary (2026) - Wilmington, OH - Greene County Dailies" — Legacy | Obituary, full story.
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