Inside the bellwether state is the bellwether town of Chillicothe, a town that often mirrors the state's election results.

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Special Judge Thomas Lipps recommended the boys be assigned to Lighthouse Youth Center-Paint Creek in Chillicothe which he said has a strong program for treating juvenile sex offenders.

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