Roseville News

A Christmas concert presented by Peerless Lodge 591 F & AM will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Crooksville High School Commons.

Peerless Lodge 591, 172 W. Main St., Crooksville, conducts its monthly meetings the first Wednesday of every month.

Collecting antique crockery or stoneware is quite popular these days. These pieces are generally utilitarian, and were often used for food storage in the early years of the U.S., before glass jugs and jars became prevelant.

ZANESVILLE -- Six and a half years ago, Diana Beisser's 28-year-old son Troy died by suicide.

Perry County Court Judge Dean Wilson Oct. 8 Linda Pritt, 21, 252 High St., Roseville, drug paraphernalia, $150 and costs, 10 days jail suspended, one-year license suspension from Oct.

ZANESVILLE: On October 17, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. at Willow Haven Nursing Home, our mother, step-mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Bettie Longfellow left this world to join her beloved mother, Clara Linna Watson ; father, Howard Lewis ; husbands, William Stickrath and Donald Longfellow .

ADAMSVILLE --Nestled in the foothills of Appalachia, a red barn recently was filled with country music performers and fans.

The local Forever Dads program is holding a seasonal sale to help single fathers in the community.

When she lived in Carrick, in a home with a small kitchen, Marie Funtal had about a dozen cookie jars, half of which she would keep out most of the year.

Rhema House of Worship, 5167 Harlan Road, Roseville, is having a wiener roast from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Marie Funtal of Jackson, Butler County, displays some of the prized pieces from her cookie-jar collection.

ROSEVILLE -- When traditional farming created health issues for Tim Kimpel, he decided to give organic farming a try.

Roseville Garden Club will meet at noon Thursday at the Roseville Community Center.

ZANESVILLE - The American Red Cross bloodmobile is in Roseville and New Concord today.

ZANESVILLE - John A. Spears, 27, of Roseville, was cited for failure to obey a traffic light Wednesday evening after he ran the red light on U.S. 22 just in front of KMart in South Zanesville.

ROSEVILLE - A Franklin Local School District teacher has been cleared of allegations that she gave students test answers, according to the district's superintendent.

In "Kaleidoscope" earlier this year, I wrote about two of Ohio's former major pottery centers -- Sebring in southwest Mahoning County and Zanesville-Roseville-Crooksville in Muskingum and Perry counties.

The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office has issued details on this week's most wanted suspect.

Musings from Clay City U.S.A., Book III writers will be available to sign books from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept.

ZANESVILLE - Coal miners gathered together Friday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the clinic that has been providing health services to them over the years.