WAVERLY, Ohio — Pike County government paid out more than $2.36 million in employee bonuses between January 2020 and April 2026, according to payroll records obtained by the Guardian through a public records request to the Pike County Auditor’s Office — and county commissioners have not responded to a separate formal request for documents explaining how those payments were authorized. The records show 2,296 individual bonus payments made to 379 …
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