Newcomerstown News

Official said the Duke and Duchess B-P gas station in Newcomerstown was robbed around 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.

Dr. J. E. Patton was honored by the Guernsey County Medical Society upon completion of half a century of medical service at a luncheon at the Berwick Hotel.

The annual "Pet Edition" is included with The Daily & Sunday Jeffersonian today.

Some loot has been recovered from the Tuscarawas River, west of Newcomerstown, and a further search is planned as a number of robberies being investigated by the sheriff's department have come to light.

The city letter carriers of Cambridge and Newcomerstown will have the annual food drive on Saturday, May 11.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month; the Haven of Hope would like to share the "Safety Tip" of the day: At home make sure that you have several phones in your house so you can call 911 from any where in your home.

Complaints April 23 Newcomerstown man reported possible identity theft. Warsaw woman reported the theft of items from her vehicle.

<![CDATA[Several local students were honored recently with special academic awards at Muskingum University's scholarship recognition day: * George Eberwine, of Coshocton, received the John Anthony Brown Scholarship in political science * Joseph Hilgenberg, of Coshocton, received the Clement E. Dasch Endowed Scholarship * Stephanie Ellis, of Newcomerstown, received the Gleason Memorial Award * John Warner, of Newcomerstown, received the Mary Bartlett Reynolds Award in music and the Rivingston Vocal Scholarship * Katelyn Guenther, of West Lafayette, received the Rivingston Vocal Scholarship * Cameron Godfrey, of Dresden, received the Vellenga Memorial Scholarship