New Straitsville News

NEW LEXINGTON: Barbara L. Pearl, 64, of 400 First Street, New Lexington, Ohio, died at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the home of her daughter.

State Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fatal fire that broke out Thursday morning in Perry County.

NEW STRAITSVILLE --Delbert Six taught Crystal Backus how to bake bread when she was 5. For the past several years Backus has been a nurse's aide to Six, cooking his favorite meal of fried potatoes and buckwheat pancakes almost every day.

One person is dead after a house fire in Perry County. It happened in New Straitsville late this morning.

Shawn Copen, 32, of Bremen; was booked at 5:13 p.m. Monday for aggravated robbery and failure to appear in municipal court.

Javin Dowell, 21, of Lancaster; was booked at 1:40 a.m. for possession of drug abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Beard, of Newark, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Oct.

Southern Perry Incubation Center for Entrepreneurs in New Straitsville and the Small Business Development Center at Ohio University will sponsor B.O.S.S., Basis of a Successful Start, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. today, at the SPICE office at 115 W. Main St.

NEW STRAITSVILLE -- The home of a New Straitsville fire fighter is a total loss after an early morning fire.

Friday, September 4, 2009 11:39 AM WCLT News Staff The home of a New Straitsville firefighter is considered a total loss after a fire early Friday morning.

Perry County Structure Fire Fri, Sep 04, 2009. 03:10 AM The Perry County Sheriff's Office says it's responding to a structure fire in New Straitsville.

Fri, Sep 04, 2009. 11:45 AM An early morning fire in New Straitsville destroys the home of a volunteer firefighter.

A funeral service for Jack Alvis, 86, of Newark, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Northside Baptist Church, 595 Goosepond Rd.

ZANESVILLE - While a 50 percent cut to state funding of libraries could have been catastrophic, a smaller reduction has one local library official 'cautiously happy' that more drastic measures won't be needed here.

NEW STRAITSVILLE - A New Lexington is dead after a four-wheeler accident Friday.

A Perry County man was indicted by a Grand Jury today for shooting his mother in the head.

PERRY COUNTY - 'We're going to keep plugging away.' That statement is symbolic of southern Perry County, known for its toughness and self-reliance in the aftermath of a coal industry which petered out decades ago.

05:45 PM You might not be able to drink moonshine, but that doesn't keep Perry County from celebrating the Annual Moonshine Festival.

NEW STRAITSVILLE - A New Straitsville woman is in critical but stable condition after she was shot in the face by her 19-year-old son, according to Perry County sheriff's deputies.