Cheshire News

GALLIPOLIS a ' Among cases recently resolved in Gallia County Common Pleas Court, three individuals were sentenced to community control after entering guilty pleas to various charges.

CHESHIRE a ' The Gallia Meigs Community Action Agency will begin assisting residents with the 2009 Emergency Summer Cooling Program on July 1. Sandra Edwards, Emergency Services Division director, stated that the program will run through Aug.

A minor earthquake that momentarily shook most of Gallia County and was felt in Point Pleasant, W.Va., on Friday morning also rattled a number of people who swamped 911 with calls seeking information.

Kevin Kelly/photo - Posing in character are some of the lead actors in the River Valley High School Drama Club's production of "West Side Story," from left, Iliana Corfias as Maria, Amanda Hager as Anita and Cheyenne Stone as Bernardo, and Cree Stone as Chino.

They came from all walks and ages, but they gathered for one purpose: To raise money for scholarships for Wahama High School seniors who intend to pursue a higher education.

AEP Ohio's Gavin Plant will host a full-scale emergency management "mock disaster" drill on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon on the plant property in Cheshire.

Children in this April 9, 2008, photo play in their back yard near the coal-fired American Electric Power plant in Cheshire, Ohio.

Elizabeth Rigel/photo From left, Phil Taylor demonstrates some of the facets of his small business, Taylor Made Countertops, to Gallia County Commissioners President Justin Fallon, Governor's Office of Appalachia Director Fred Deel, AT&T Director of External Affairs B.J. Smith, and Kingsley Meyer of the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community ...

Kevin Kelly/photo - The old North Gallia High School may have a renewed purpose if nearby Vinton Baptist Church can transform the structure into a community outreach center, a proposal currently under study by ...

GALLIPOLIS a ' Gallia County Commissioners awarded a bid to Blair Builders for the construction of a new EMS station during their regular Thursday meeting.

Among cases recently heard in Gallia County Common Pleas Court several are in regards to theft-related offenses.