Glouster News

An Athens County man was found dead at his Glouster home Saturday of a drug overdose, the second such fatality in about a week, Sheriff Patrick Kelly said this morning.

Michael Lewis tripled and doubled twice in the Post 804 Junior Athletics' two victories, 12-4 and 12-8, against Glouster on Saturday.

Erica Severance likely would have received probation like another Athens County parent recently charged with failing to send her children to school.

ROSEVILLE: Dow W. Davis Jr., 82, of Roseville, formerly of Glouster passed away Sunday May 24, 2009 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville.

LANCASTER: Harry Bradford Dew, 87, formerly of Burr Oak passed away Tuesday May 19, 2009 at the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster He had been a resident of Altercare Valley View Nursing Home, Lancaster since November 2008.

COSHOCTON: Ronald C. 'Ron' Rodgers, 70, Coshocton, passed away at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

THORNVILLE - Brittany Jones' three-hitter featured eight strikeouts and no walks, and Sheridan topped visiting New Lexington 2-0 in a Muskingum Valley League makeup contest Saturday.

The engagement of Samantha L. Heavener and Brandon S. Sayers is announced by their families.

RESERVES Baseball NEW CONCORD - Dustin Fitzgerald fired a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts and drove in three runs with a triple and single to lead John Glenn to a 14-0 win over visiting Morgan.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reported recent cases of theft, breaking and entering, or vandalism.

RICHWOOD - Richard L. 'Dick' Dunkle, age 69, of Richwood, died peacefully at home at the Richwood Community Apartments Saturday morning, January 24, 2009.

GLOUSTER, Ohio - Two people died this weekend after their car ran off the road and flipped into an icy creek in a rural part of Athens County said State Highway Patrol Sgt.

Snowfall blanketed most of Ohio today, capping a bitterly cold weekend that contributed to at least three deaths across the state.

Two people died in Athens County after their car left the road and flipped into a creek, the State Highway Patrol said.

Steven L. Kittle, 62, of 2446 Malta Hill Road, Malta, passed away at 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan.

ZANESVILLE - The Muskingum County Community Youth Foundation awarded Matthew Sterling the 2008 Oliver Flanagan Scholarship.

Toledo's Metropolitan Distributing Co. has been delivering beer to stores and taverns since the year after the repeal of prohibition in 1933.

Jimmy Pastol of Glouster is celebrating his 90th birthday with his five children, grandchildren, and great-granddaughter from Corpus Christi, TX.