Jacksontown News

JACKSONTOWN - A road surface project beginning Monday on Ohio 16, will include 10 miles in Coshocton County and 3 miles in Muskingum County.

NEWARK - A former district transportation director has been indicted for theft in office.

JACKSONTOWN - Another Muskingum County roadway project will receive stimulus money.

ZANESVILLE - The safety project slated for Ohio 60 through Zanesville, which was expected to begin late last month, has been delayed for a couple of weeks.

Raccon Valley Parks, May 23, 1225 River Road, Granville, standard inspection with no violations reported.

Private graveside services for Evelyn McCleary will be Monday at Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens, Mount Vernon.

JACKSONTOWN -- York Road, which had been closed south of Ohio 161/37 as part of the expressway project, has reopened to traffic, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.

Nearly 100 people died of influenza today. And about that number the day before.

A man stopped by police for a traffic violation at 9:06 p.m. Tuesday on Ohio 79 was found to be in possession of 43 pills suspected to be steroids, glass vials of a liquid also suspected to be steroids, a hypodermic needle and suspected marijuana.

A two-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night on Ohio 4 at County Road 106, according to the Marion post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Plus: Remember this Saturday one year ago? Let's just say it was bit white outside as about 20 inches of snow in a near-blizzard paralyzed central Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The state Highway Department refused to promote an employee even after he twice tested far above other candidates, with administrators going so far as to claim he may have cheated, a report ...

A vehicle was broken into and speakers and an amplifier were stolen on the 100 block of Van Voorhis Street between 6 p.m. Saturday and noon Tuesday.

LICKING TOWNSHIP -- Licking Township voters have until Saturday to submit letters of interest in filling a township trustee position left vacant by Joe Cooper.

Jacksontown United Methodist Church will serve an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Someone struck a vehicle with a trash can in a yard on the 200 block of West Main Street between 9:30 and 9:56 p.m. Sunday.

Lakewood Local Schools has implemented a new food service initiative called Lunch Box.

JACKSONTOWN - A Newark man was flown to Ohio State University Medical Center after a Thursday crash on Interstate 70.

It's time for another edition of public employees behaving badly, with the most recent episode coming to us from the Ohio Department of Transportation, including our local office in Jacksontown.

A former employee of the Ohio Department of Transportation billed the state for hours worked while he was playing golf and taking personal trips, the state's government watchdog said Wednesday.