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Eastern board approves agenda items
TUPPERS PLAINS — The Eastern Local Board of Education approved several agenda items during its recent regular board meeting. Personnel items approved were, pupil activity contracts for Doug Bresciani, paid assistant baseball coach, and Audrionna Pullins, volunteer junior high track coach. The non-renewal of all supplemental contracts for the 2012-13 school year effective at the end of the school year in accordance with the master agreemen...
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Middleport’s new water well nears completion
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport’s water supply will get a big boost when the new well currently being drilled near the Overbrook Center on Page Street is finished and connected to the village’s water system. “All the tests on the new water well have come back great,” reported Mayor Michael Gerlach. “We won’t know if it is a good well for sure until the actual drilling is complete but it is looking very good so far,” Gerlach added. This new well...
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Sheriff advises of recent phone scams
MEIGS COUNTY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that several area residents have recently received phone scams. The scams have ranged from claiming to be from their bank to representing their insurance company. The office has also received a complaint from another resident who paid for construction upfront and the contractor did not return. “No one should get paid until the job is done,” advised Wood. “Be safe, and find out who y...
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Two arrested following police pursuit
SYRACUSE — Two people have been charged following a police pursuit in the Village of Syracuse on Tuesday evening. Syracuse Police Chief Garry Freed states that at 6:39 p.m. on April 2, he and Patrolman Mike Smith were on patrol in the village, traveling eastbound on Ohio 124. The officers were following a black Dodge Neon which slowed down and a passenger opened his door and jumped from the moving vehicle. Smith gave chase on foot, whil...
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Health Fair slated for Community Center
POMEROY — Free health screenings and informational material will be provided at the annual Health Fair to be held at the Mulberry Community Center/Meigs Cooperative Parish, 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. The health clinic is sponsored by the Faith Community Nursing Health Ministries with some financial support from the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund. Personnel from several health organizations will be on site to provide screen...
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Homestead tax exemption available for seniors
POMEROY — Any homeowner who is or will be 65 years of age or older in 2013 or anyone who is permanently disabled regardless of age qualifies for a tax exemption if they apply before the deadline which is June 3, 2013. Auditor Mary Byer-Hill explains that the exemption, which takes the form of a tax credit on property tax bills, allows qualifying homeowners of real estate and manufactured homes to exempt $25,000 of the market value of their ...
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Gardner pleads guilty to murder of father
POMEROY — James E. Gardner, 41, of Middleport entered a guilty plea in the November 2012 death of his father, James W. Gardner. The defendant also plead guilty to one count of aggravated robbery. Meigs County Common Pleas Judge I. Carson Crow sentenced Gardner to the mandatory sentence of 15 years to life. Details of the plea and sentencing will appear in the Wednesday edition of The Daily Sentinel.
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Speaker details teacher pension changes
POMEROY — Upcoming changes in pension plans for present and future retirees were detailed in a talk by Ann Hanning, executive director of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association (ORTA) held recently at the Wild Horse Cafe. The speaker said that among the changes to be made are COLA adjustments (reductions) and the increase of age and service requirements required for benefits. She said the defined benefit pension will be kept. She further dis...
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Man arrested on multiple drug warrants
TUPPERS PLAINS — One person has been arrested on drug warrants from three other Ohio counties and may now face similar charges in Meigs County. According to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood, Dustin R. Millhone, 32, of Columbus, was arrested following an investigation. Wood reports that at approximately 10:11 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, Meigs County Deputies Rick Patterson and Josh Ridenour executed multiple felony arrest warrants. The arre...
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Former sheriff completes sentence, released
MASON COUNTY — Former Mason County Sheriff David L. Anthony has completed his jail sentence and been released. A spokesperson with the Southwestern Regional Jail in Holden confirmed Anthony’s sentence expired on March 7 at which time he was released. The spokesperson said there was no probation or alternative sentencing involved with Anthony’s release. In short, he served his time and was free to go. Anthony was sentenced to 18 months in ...
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Water-sewage takeover hits minor snag
MIDDLEPORT — While the Meigs County Commisisioners are officially taking over the operation of the Rutland water and sewer system tomorrow, the anticipation is still that Middleport Village will be assuming that responsibility within the next few weeks. However, effectively immediately, the Commissioners will handle all the responsibilities including water distribution, sewage collection and treatment, and maintenance, as well as collection...
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Grube seeks to appeal conviction with Ohio Supreme Court
GALLIPOLIS — A notice of appeal in the case against a Gallia County woman currently serving a life sentence for the murder of her infant son was recently filed with the state’s highest court. Kansas D. Grube, 27, who is currently incarcerated in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, filed a notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this month after the Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction in a de...
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Commissioners to take over Rutland water-sewer April 1
MEIGS COUNTY — Beginning on Monday, the long discussed take over of the Rutland water and sewer system by the Meigs County Commissioners will go into effect. Effective on April 1, the Meigs County Commissioners will handle all ownership and operating responsibilities with regard to the system. In early 2012, members of the Rutland Village Council approved the transfer of complete ownership and operation of the village’s water distribution...
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Bookman to be deployed to Afghanistan
POMEROY – Staff Sargent Dan Bookman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Bookman, is being deployed to Afghanistan in early April with 40 of the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron comrades. The news of his six month deployment came as a surprise to Bookman, a senior at Ohio University pursuing a degree in chemical engineering, when he received the word. To accommodate his deployment, his graduation date was moved up five weeks ahead of schedule....
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Update: Name released in inmate death
POMEROY — The name of the prisoner who died last week at the Meigs County Jail and the apparent cause of death were released on Thursday by Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Martin Tucker, 46, of Reedsville, died of an apparent suicide in the early morning hours of March 20 according to Wood. Tucker was incarcerated in the Meigs County Jail on charges of felonious assault and kidnapping. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Meigs County Com...
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