Pomeroy News

POMEROY a ' A three-year negotiated contract between the Meigs Local Teachers Association and Meigs Local School Board has been ratified.

POMEROY a ' A former Eastern High School teacher admitted to drug-related charges and a charge of complicity to commit obstructing justice, and will be sentenced Jan.

POMEROY a ' An Athens man arrested Friday in Mississippi has been charged with the Sept.

COLUMBUS -- Brenda Roush of Pomeroy begged a U.S. District Court judge Thursday afternoon to sentence a former Zanesville resident to life in prison for his involvement in the killing of her son.

"Oh, God, what have I done ... what have I done," a tearful Paula Rizer recounted from the witness stand Monday about the moments following the fatal shooting of her late husband, Kenneth Rizer, Sr.

GALLIPOLIS a ' The capital murder trial of Walter Stewart, charged in the April shooting deaths of John Paul Holley and Carolyn Merry, has been postponed and will likely not begin before next week.

Opponents of state Issue 2 painted the constitutional debate yesterday as a battle of big guys and little guys: factory megafarms versus small family farms and consumers.

POMEROY, Ohio a ' A critical access hospital is again being considered an element of a larger health care campus under development outside Pomeroy.

A vicious dog hearing will be held after a greyhound killed a puppy in front of its owner at a Barrington dog park.

At Logan, Crooksville's Brittany Piccone ran a personal-best 21:34 to finish third overall at the Logan Invitational.

POMEROY a ' A man who escaped last month from the Middleport Jail was apprehended near Pomeroy Wednesday afternoon.

Jessica Lynch, taken prisoner in the Iraqi war in 2003, will be the Grand Marshall of the 10 a.m. parade at Saturday's observance of the Veterans Appreciation and POW/MIA Remembrance Day in Pomeroy.

WTAP Detailed Forecast Get your weather alerts for your county sent directly to your computer with Weather Watcher! Click on the box and register NOW! High: 81 Low: 65 Fog Temp: 60.0 F Authorities said three men escaped from the Meigs County Jail early Sunday morning and one man is still at large.

POMEROY a ' Forty pounds of marijuana, cash and over 300 guns, some loaded, were seized at a home in Columbia Township last week, according to Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle.

POMEROY a ' Forty pounds of marijuana, cash and over 300 guns, some loaded, were seized at a home in Columbia Township last week, according to Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle.

A visit to Frank Porter's nursery here comes with a free horticultural education delivered with stern benevolence.

In your early teens, you're not necessarily aware of how derivative your literary outpourings are, and the extent to which your reading shapes your writing; and you may not yet be sufficiently master of your own voice to take on high-falutin' genres like fantasy and romance.

Take a step back in time this weekend as Pike Lake State Park hosts the 10th annual Railroad Rendezvous.

A male subject who allegedly led the Pomeroy Police Department and the Mason County Sheriff's Department on a high-speed chase Tuesday evening and then fled on foot was arrested in Pomeroy, Ohio Thursday morning.

MIDDLEPORT a ' A man shot by a former Middleport police officer following a chase on Ohio 7 has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for fleeing.