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Middleport to seek funding for riverfront trail
MIDDLEPORT – Another step toward developing a mile-long walking and bike trail along the Ohio River from the Dairy Queen to Custer Street has been taken by Middleport Village Council. At Monday night’s meeting, Council appointed Mayor Michael Gerlach to serve as agent in applying for funding for the project. To have an agent is a requirement before applications can be filed. It was emphasized in the meeting that the trail development will...
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Officer resigns from Pomeroy Police Department
POMEROY — The Pomeroy Police Officer at the center of a controversy involving the now former Mayor of Pomeroy earlier this year has resigned from the department. Officer Kyle Calendine’s resignation was approved by a 5-1 vote following a more than 30-minute executive session during Monday’s regular meeting. Calendine was drawn into the national media spotlight briefly in February amid allegations of discrimination against his sexual prefere...
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Hearings, trial set in Marcy Craig and Alex Craig cases
POMEROY — The siblings charged in connection with the armed robbery of three Meigs County gas stations a year ago are due back in a Meigs County court room this month. Alex Craig, 27, formerly of Racine, will be re-sentenced on Wednesday on the final two counts of aggravated robbery. Craig’s hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. Craig entered a guilty plea in August of 2012 to three counts of aggravated robbery, first degree felonies. At the t...
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National Day of Prayer plans observance
POMEROY — Meigs County’s National Day of Prayer events will kick off Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. when Christians from across the county will circle the Meigs County Courthouse and pray for our county and its leaders. At 4 p.m. the traditional reading of the scriptures will begin from the parking lot stage and continue until 10 p.m. and then will be continued on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. On Thursday, May ...
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Man arrested on drug charges following traffic stop
POMEROY — A traffic stop for an expired license plate led to the discovery of drugs in a vehicle over the weekend. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that Roy L. Pierce, Jr., 34, of Racine was arrested on charges of possession of heroin and possessing drug abuse instruments. Deputies stopped Pierce on Main Street in Pomeroy near the car wash for an expired license plate. After approaching the vehicle, deputies learned Pierce also had...
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<p>Gallipolis Police Officers and Deputies with the Gallia County Sheriff&#8217;s Office were once again on scene at discovered meth lab on Wednesday. A total of six meth lab gas generators and four one-pot labs were located at a residence in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue and were quickly neutralized by law enforcement.</p>
City police, deputies neutralize meth labs
GALLIPOLIS — Another meth lab was located in the City of Gallipolis last week, this time in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue. According to a release issued by the Gallipolis Police Department, at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 after receiving two separate tips that there was a subject manufacture meth at a residence in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue in the city, working together, officers with the police department and Deputi...
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‘Back to Eden’ book signing set for Sunday
POMEROY — Dr. Frank W. Porter, who for the past 25 years has been collecting seeds and plants of native species from the Ohio Valley and growing them in display gardens at Porterbrook Native Plants in Letart Falls, has a new book out titled “Back to Eden.” At 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Meigs County Library in Pomeroy, he will present a slide show and lecture about landscaping and do a book signing. He is dedicated to rediscovering the plants t...
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Meth lab brought to Sheriff’s Office, deactivated
POMEROY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that an active methamphetamine lab was deactivated in a vehicle in the area of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office on Second Street in Pomeroy on Thursday evening. Wood said a container with a tube coming out of the top was located by two residents in the Long Bottom area near their driveway. The suspicious container was brought to the sheriff’s office by the residents in a personal vehicle to...
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Meeting set for Thursday to address safety and drug problems
SYRACUSE — Several area agencies will be on hand Thursday evening for a meeting at the Syracuse Community Center to discuss several items related to safety of individuals and their homes. The meeting will be held from 7-8 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. Topics to be discussed include how to protect your house and property and how to help and protect your family from the drug problems in our community. Presenters scheduled to take...
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Wickersham arraigned on meth charges
POMEROY — Timothy Wickersham was arraigned in Meigs County Court on Thursday on two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine. The charges are both felonies of the first degree. Judge Steve Story appointed Charles Knight to represent Wickersham in the case. Bond was set at $25,000 as requested by Assistant Prosecutor Amanda Bizub-Franzmann. Story also ordered Wickersham to have no contact with the juveniles involved in the case. Wickers...
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Unveiling of Delay’s sculpture set for Sunday
MIDDLEPORT — The unveiling of the bronze sculpture created by artist Bob Delay and placed in the lobby of Middleport Village Hall will be unveiled in a public ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The life-size sculpture of a mother reading to her young child created by Delay, a noted sculptor, conveys the importance of education. The Middleport High School Alumni Association commissioned the sculpture to be given as a tribute to the teac...
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Second person arrested in connection with Racine meth lab
MEIGS COUNTY — A person wanted in connection with a methamphetamine lab last week in Racine was arrested on Tuesday by deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that deputies from his office arrested Timothy Wickersham, 33, of Racine, at a residence on Peach Fork Road on Tuesday afternoon. Wickersham was wanted on outstanding warrants in addition to the meth lab case last week. Also at the re...
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Middleport Fire Department awarded grant
MIDDLEPORT — A grant of $14,700 has been awarded to the Middleport Fire Department through the Ohio Fire Marshall’s office. According to Mayor Michael Gerlach the grant is awarded to volunteer fire departments that serve a population of less than 25,000. He congratulated Fire Chief Jeff Darst for securing the grant which is the third in the past four years granted to the Middleport Fire Department by that agency. In 2010 the department re...
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<p>Officials from several Southern Ohio counties came together to discuss the sell of special metals at a meeting in Ross County. The meeting resulted in the formation of a task force to address the topic.</p>
Task force investigating scrap metal sales
OHIO VALLEY — A team of law enforcement officers, rail road police, Ohio Homeland Security personnel and local prosecutors met recently to discuss metal theft issues with local scrap yards in several southern Ohio counties. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that the meeting resulted in the creation of a task force, led by representatives from the counties six counties involved to conduct compliance checks throughout the counties. Pe...
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Southern approves calendar, tentative graduates
RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education approved a calendar for the 2013-14 school year and the tentative list of graduates for the 2012-13 school year during a recent board meeting. The calendar approved will have a school start date of Sept. 3 for students, with teachers beginning on Aug. 29. The starting date was moved from its usual mid-August date due to the construction of the new building. The last day of school for students a...
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Public showing of ‘FrackNation’ followed by panel discussion
MIDDLEPORT — The documentary “FrackNation,” by Phelim McAleer was shown and followed by a panel discussion on fracking in a public program hosted by the Meigs County Tea Party recently in the auditorium at Middleport Village Hall. Craig Wehrung, Tea Party president, welcomed those attending the non-partisan event. It was explained that hydraulic fracturing is a method used to release gas and petroleum from underground rock that involves inj...
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Merchants discuss downtown beautification
POMEROY — Downtown beautification with colorful flowers along with promotional ideas for the businesses were among the topics of discussion at the recent meeting of t he Pomeroy Merchants Association. It was noted that the flower baskets which hang for the period light poles are available and will be taken to Bob’s Market to be filled. As for plantings in the beds between the parking lot and Main Street, the area around the stage, and the p...
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Members of the U.S. Secret Service closed Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House in Washington, D.C., following explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other bombs were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course. President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight ...
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Two killed as two bombs explode at Boston Marathon
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious injuries, including missing limbs. About two hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north sid...
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Gallia, Meigs highway patrol units dispatched to Athens
ATHENS — All available Gallia and Meigs County units of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) were dispatched Saturday night to help control an unexpected situation near Athens. According to a dispatcher with the Athens Post of the OSHP, the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to reported fights taking place at the 2013 Eleven Fest, a festival that is located on Ohio 56 and draws thousands each year. As a result of his investigation, Sh...
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Hively pleads not guilty to murder charges
GALLIPOLIS — An indictment has been filed and a not guilty plea entered in the case against a man accused of shooting and killing an 18-year-old Gallia County man earlier this month. Bruce A. Hively, 56, Crown City, appeared before Gallia County Common Pleas Judge D. Dean Evans on Friday morning with his retained counsel, defense attorney Charles Knight, to answer felony charges of murder, aggravated murder and tampering with evidence. Hi...
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May 6 deadline approaching for flood recovery assistance
WASHINGTON D.C. — Small businesses in nine southeast Ohio counties will now have access to federal resources to offset losses as a result of excessive rain and flooding that occurred between May 2 and May 4, 2012. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) encourages eligible entities to apply for assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in advance of the May 6, 2013, deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available to At...
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ODOT to invest $2.3 billion in transportation system
MARIETTA — Your tax dollars will be hard at work as the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) launches one of the largest, most aggressive construction seasons to date with projects totaling approximately $2.3 billion. ODOT will begin or continue construction of nearly 1,000 projects statewide including Ohio’s first-ever double roundabout interchange at U.S. 33 and Ohio 664 in Hocking County. “Investing in our state’s transportation sy...
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Meigs Board takes action on matters to hire and retire
POMEROY — Personnel was hired and several resignations for retirement purposes were accepted at this week’s meeting of the Meigs Local Board of Education. Hired were Shane Milhoan as a substitute bus driver for the remainder of the school year, Jasmine Schaeffer as a tutor for a health handicapped student, and Casey Smith as a volunteer assistant track coach for the 2013 season. Resigning for retirement purposes were Pam White as co-advis...
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