Newell: No charges in bridge scare
Traffic on the Memorial Bridge dropped an average of 5 percent in the three weeks following a Facebook post saying the bridge wasn't safe, but the woman who made the claim will not face charges, Mayor...
View ArticleHolzer Meigs Emergency Facility opens Nov. 17
The building was made possible through a collaboration between Holzer Health System and Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation. Currently, a tentative official opening date will be Nov. 17,...
View ArticleFundraiser goal: Buy equipment for sheriff's department by Christmas
The first was a hot dog and bake sale, along with multiple raffles hosted by Fruth's Pharmacy of Pomeroy on Oct. 31. Store manager Tom Hawley and his staff received an estimated $500 raised toward the...
View ArticleAssault trial set to go
The trial of a Meigs County man accused of assaulting a Mason County resident at the Mason County Fair last year is set to go at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2 in Mason County Circuit Court. The trial of...
View ArticlePomeroy police investigating pharmacy break-ins
The break-ins occurred at Powell's Food Fair around 2 a.m. Nov. 28; Rite Aid at 6:41 a.m. Nov. 28; and Swisher and Lohse Pharmacy at 12:07 p.m. Nov. 29. The would-be thieves broke into the pharmacies,...
View ArticlePlea entered in assault case
A plea has been entered in the case of a Pomeroy, Ohio man accused of assaulting a man at the Mason County Fair in 2013. The trial of Allen R. Brickles, 22, was set to go Tuesday morning with a pool of...
View ArticleMeigs man asks for early release
A young man from Meigs County convicted in 2013 of unlawful assault has filed a motion for early release from the Anthony Correctional Center for youthful offenders. Jose F. Whitlach, 21, Pomeroy,...
View ArticleFor the record -
The sentencings of two Meigs County men who took pleas in a 2013 assault case have been continued to Jan. 12, 2015. James M. Gray V, 21 and Garrett C. Hall, 19, of Pomeroy, Ohio, both entered guilty...
View ArticleMeigs man sentenced in assault
A Pomeroy, Ohio man has been sentenced in an assault which took place at the Mason County Fair in 2013. Allen R. Brickles, 22, has been sentenced by Judge Thomas C. Evans, III, to not less than one,...
View ArticlePolice
On Wednesday a citation was issued to Quentez Garnes, 23, of 163 Mulberry Drive, Pomeroy, for driving under a suspended license. Garnes was stopped on Ohio 339 near Timberline Drive in Barlow Township.
View ArticlePomeroy subject of future 'Our Town' episode
Evan Shaw, producer of the WOUB Public Media documentary, Our Town Pomeroy, checks his camera for a location shoot at the Wildermuth Mansion on Condor Street. The documentary about Pomeroy will...
View ArticleWage increase met with lukewarm reactions
As of Jan. 1, the minimum wage rate in Ohio will be $8.10 per hour, a 15-cent increase over the previous minimum wage of $7.95 an hour. For tipped employees, the minimum wage rose to $4.05 per hour, a...
View ArticleAddiction counselor charged with selling drugs to undercover cop
A southern Ohio addiction counselor has been arrested and charged with selling more than $36,000 worth of morphine to an undercover police officer, Attorney General Mike DeWine's office announced...
View ArticleThere Are Still Two McDonald's That Serve McPizza From the '90s
Domino's was still killing it with the Noid in the '90s when McDonald's rolled out McPizzas to get in on "the dinnertime business." The fast-food chain made clever signs by tipping Golden Arches...
View ArticleCut the lights
West Virginia Department of Transportation officials say the lights on the Bridge of Honor are not a priority and there are no plans to repair or replace them. In fact, the decision was made to simply...
View ArticleRayburn PVH Employee of the Month
Pleasant Valley Hospital's Customer Service Employee of the Month for February is Shawn Rayburn in the Home Health/Hospice Department. Through his compassion for others, Rayburn and his son cut an...
View ArticleJorma Kaukonen Ain't In No Hurry Anymore
As the quintessential American troubadour, Woody Guthrie recorded hundreds of original songs in addition to his adaptation of traditionals. He performed even more than he recorded, and wrote more than...
View ArticleSR 733 crash sends two to emergency room
A morning car wreck on State Route 733 sent one woman to Cabell Huntington Hospital and another person to the Meigs Emergency Department in Pomeroy, according to Lt. Max Norris of the OSHP Gallia-Meigs...
View ArticleVeterans Outreach to open in Pomeroy
Game room of the Meigs County Veterans Outreach is another feature that should be well-received by veterans and their families. Game room of the Meigs County Veterans Outreach is another feature that...
View ArticleGallia, Meigs residents arrested in meth bust
On March 31, deputies, along with The Meigs County Common Pleas Court Community Corrections Department, went to Bradbury Road to attempt to locate Kimberly Haley, 36, of Pomeroy, on outstanding...
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