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COVID death reported in Meigs … Latest cases reported across area
OHIO VALLEY — The Meigs County Health Department reported one additional COVID-19 related death on Friday, a person in the 80-89 age range.Five ...
The Underground Railroad – Gallia and Meigs counties, Part 1
OHIO VALLEY — The Underground Railroad reached its peak in the 1850’s, and has become synonymous with the battle to end slavery.This vast ...
For the record: Meigs County Sheriff’s Office
Feb. 230241 hours — Deputies responded to a medical alert alarm on Spring Avenue.0530 hours — Deputies were dispatched to the Ohio Pallet ...

Olive Twp. FD receive fire truck from ODNR
OLIVE TWP. — The Olive Township Volunteer Fire Department in Meigs County recently received a 1997 E-One, a 1,000-gallon structure fire engine f...

Ohio Valley History… Arsenal of democracy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1940, “We must be the great arsenal of democracy” in a speech calling for materiel support for...
February 26th, 2021 updated: February 26th, 2021. |
COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, decidi...
Governor provides COVID updates
COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic dur...

Local schools receive COVID vaccines
MEIGS COUNTY — School district personnel in Meigs County have now received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.Eastern, Meigs and Southern...

Gallia tops 2,200 overall cases since March
OHIO VALLEY — With the addition of four cases on Thursday, Gallia County topped 2,200 cases of COVID-19 since March 2020.The Ohio Department of ...
Ohio is first state to sue Census Bureau over delay in data
Ohio on Thursday became the first state to challenge the U.S. Census Bureau’s decision to push back the release of 2020 census figures so more t...