Coal-Run News

There are two seats up for grabs this November on the Muskingum County Commission.

The bill keeps climbing for the Coal Run lawsuit. Court documents show attorney fees are now at almost $7 million.

I grew up in Zanesville. I know most of the families that won the lawsuit. I can say that they fought a long hard battle and they won, and they should get three times what they were awarded.

I was surprised and disappointed to see that the residents of Coal Run/Langan Lane won their case against the county/city for not providing access to water to the mostly African American residents there.

To this day, Jerry Kennedy only does laundry when it rains. For the first 54 years of his life, he lived without running water, and rainstorms were the only way he could collect enough water to wash his ...

One lawyer involved in an Ohio water case called the verdict unique among civil rights cases.

Jerry Kennedy hugs Cindy Hale Hairston. Freddie Martin, left, moved so his children wouldn't have to grow up on Coal Run.

Residents of a mostly black neighborhood were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal jury that found local authorities denied them public water service for decades out of racial discrimination.

COLUMBUS - This morning eight jurors will be handed a federal lawsuit by about 70 residents of the Coal Run area who are suing Muskingum County and the City of Zanesville.

COLUMBUS - The City of Zanesville is hoping to be able to start its defense in a federal lawsuit involving about 70 residents of the Coal Run area and Muskingum County today.

Thousands of people lined the roads from Zanesville to Lowell along the funeral procession route for Army Spc.

I would like to share some of my memories which pertain to the Coal Run trial. My grandparents never had running water, they lived outside South Zanesville.

COLUMBUS - Members of the Martin family who lived on Coal Run while growing up told jurors Thursday they were not aware they lacked what some of their neighbors had - 'the most precious thing in the world - ...

“For more than 50 years these people did not have water”

COLUMBUS - Attorneys will give their opening statements this morning to eight jurors and four alternates in a federal lawsuit brought by residents of Coal Run against Muskingum County and the City of ... via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

“We found dead and bugs that were alive and crawling around, and found dead mice in the water tank”

The coal run road area trial continued in federal court in Columbus on Wednesday. via WHIZ-TV Zanesville

“When they should have been working on paperwork to get water they were filling out paperwork to bring a lawsuit”

COLUMBUS - Michael Kennedy, 36, a former resident of the Coal Run neighborhood, told jurors in a federal court Tuesday afternoon that he remembers having to share bath water with his family, not being able to ... via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

A trial began Tuesday in Federal Court in Columbus that revolves around a lawsuit that claims Muskingum County and the City of Zanesville discriminated against residents of Coal Run Road in Washington Township. via WHIZ-TV Zanesville

At Monday night's Zanesville City Council meeting Mayor Butch Zwelling discussed the pending Coal Run lawsuit. via Whiznews.com

“There were three areas that did not have water before Coal Run became an issue”

A trial in a federal court revolving around a lawsuit claiming Muskingum County and the City of Zanesville discriminated against residents of Coal Run Road starts Monday. via Central Ohio

“I hate the Yankees, absolutely, but it will be holy that day”

Bobbie and David Werner in their Westlake home with the rosaries and medals they plan to take to get blessed at the papal Mass at Yankee Stadium today. via Cleveland.com