McConnelsville News

While she believes God can forgive the young man who murdered her daughter, Peggy Matthews doesn't feel that mercy herself right now.

ZANESVILLE -- 2nd Lt. Zachary A. Dozer recently completed all phases of training included in Ranger School, including the Pre-Ranger course.

Community Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 183 E. Liberty Ave., McConnelsville.

McCONNELSVILLE -- A few years ago, Abi Matthews told her mother Travis Fischer was the kind of kid who would break your heart.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Charles H. Taylor, 84 of Marietta, formerly of Columbus, passed away Friday November 13, 2009 at his home in Marietta.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Ruth A. Moore, 92, of 1052 North Main St. Malta passed away Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:58 p.m. at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville.

One person is dead and two others are injured after an overnight accident. It happened around 1:30 a.m. on State Route 13 in Trimble.

Opera singer Paola Semprini will perform at 2:30 p.m. today at the Twin City Opera House in McConnelsville.

McCONNELSVILLE -- The Kate Love Simpson Library will take visitors on a journey to the center of the galaxy when it unveils mural-sized images of the Milky Way's core as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

McCONNELSVILLE --Born in Verona, Italy, under the shadow of the great opera house, Arena di Verona, Paola Semprini said, 'From my earliest memories of childhood, I wanted to grow up and sing in that great opera house, and to spend my life sharing the gift of music.' Semprini will share her voice with southeastern Ohio at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, from the ...

MALTA -- While the U.S. Congress debates health care reform in Washington, D.C., plans already are in place to greatly reform health care in Morgan County with the construction of a new Muskingum Valley Health Center building on Main Street in Malta.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Edna Lyon Dawson 81, of 43 N. 9th Street McConnelsville, formerly of Stockport passed away at 11:30 p.m. November 4, 2009 at her son's home near Pennsville.

A soup and sandwich supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Stockport United Methodist Church.

More than five months after a mother of three was found dead in her Morgan County home, a McConnelsville teen has pleaded guilty to five charges in connection with her death.

The body of Abi S. Matthews, a 35-year-old college student and mother of three, was discovered on June 2 in her Malta apartment.

COSHOCTON -- The Cash for Clunkers program helped one Coshocton dealership sell 15 cars with combined sticker prices of $318,845, data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows.

ZANESVILLE -- Three members of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Zanesville were honored Sept.

Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, of Newark, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary today.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Charlene Verna Fisher, 65, of McConnelsville, died Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital.

People say they have experienced something other wordly with in the Twin City Opera House in McConnelsville.