Saturday’s Kenworth Truck Parade in Chillicothe

The third annual Kenworth Truck Parade was Saturday night, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Chillicothe Kenworth (and the 101st of Kenworth itself).

After visiting the staging grounds – and picnicking and camping grounds – of the drivers at the Ross County Fairgrounds on Friday, I saw the trucks coming into town on High Street Saturday to line up for the evening parade.

I made an almost continuous six-minute ‘drive-by’ of the 62 trucks parked and ready on Yoctangee Parkway for the 8:45 parade.

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    A total of 62 Kenworth trucks hauled into town on High Street Saturday to line up for the evening parade.

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    An early Kenworth was on display at the head of the 62 trucks lined up for the truck parade.

Then from the corner of Water and Walnut streets in Chillicothe, I caught samples of Saturday’s parade which variously started and stopped, tooted and honked, and crossed through itself…from sunset through almost full dark in downtown Chillicothe.

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    One of the more colorful trucks (which was flying the colors on Flag Day).

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    The end of the parade was the Chillicothe Kenworth 50th anniversary truck, hauling a moving bandstage for "The Mantz Brothers" from Nashville.

Find more in that article on the Scioto Post, including three videos.

Kevin Coleman covers local government and culture for the Scioto Post and iHeart Media Southern Ohio. For stories or questions, contact Kevin Coleman or the iHeart Southern Ohio Newsroom.

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