Stockport News

SHELBY: Randall A. Fordham, age 96, resident of E. Main St, Shelby, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Heritage Care Center.

McCONNELSVILLE -- The doors to several Morgan County houses and historic buildings will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday for the curious, and those who love holiday decorations, to take a look inside.

CHESTERHILL: Donna Mae Van Ness King, 81, of Chesterhill, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 3:25 a.m. at the Genesis Health and Rehab in McConnelsville.

ZANESVILLE: Jerry D. Vanoster Sr., 63, of Zanesville, died at 5:09 p.m. Monday, November 16, 2009 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family.

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

Witches, ghosts and goblins filled the campgrounds at Dillon State Park for its annual Halloween Camp-out. The rugged campers did not let the rain stop them from enjoying the activities planned for the weekend.

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.

Authorities are searching for Christopher L. Clark, 19, who escaped Thursday from the Morgan County Jail.

The Valley Gem enters a lock on the Muskingum River. Southeastern Ohio offers one of the loveliest leaf-peeping destinations in the country.

The Guernsey County coroner's office has identified the man killed Thursday by a pocket of poisonous gas that leaked from a natural-gas well about 10miles east of Salt Fork State Park.

STOCKPORT -- Kenny Hanson loved to work and loved to play practical jokes. Hanson, 28, of Stockport, was working on a gas well in Guernsey County early Thursday when he inadvertently inhaled some poisonous gas and died.

STOCKPORT - Kenneth Lamon Hanson, 26, was fatally injured in a poisonous gas leak near Cambridge Thursday morning.

Morgan County is a relatively quiet and quaint region that 15,000 people call home.

MOTORCYCLE CRASHES IN AREA UP: The Ohio Highway Patrol's Marietta post has investigated more motorcycle crashes so far in 2009 in Washington and Morgan counties than it did in all of 2008.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Richard Dick Haines, 53, of 2651 Balderson Lane, Stockport, Ohio passed away Thursday at 8:11 a.m. at the Good Samartian Hospital in Zanesville following a motorcycle accident on St Rt 37 in Morgan County.

A motorcyclist died after striking a dog and crashing early Thursday morning. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

MCCONNELSVILLE - A Stockport woman was indicted by a Morgan County Grand Jury on one count of arson, according to the Morgan County Prosecutor's Office.

MCCONNELSVILLE - A Morgan County woman was indicted by a Morgan County Grand Jury this afternoon on one count of arson, according to the prosecutor's office.

Morgan County Court Judge Michael D. Lowe Cindy Wallace, 51, Stockport, no license, fine and costs of $117. Jack Clifton, 64, Stockport, operating a vehicle under the influence, fine and costs of $797, 10 days jail, 36 days house arrest, one-year license suspension, drug and alcohol counseling, probation for a year.

Wed, Jun 10, 2009. 10:23 AM A Stockport woman is facing possible arson charges. According to Shane Cartmill with the State Fire Marshal's Office, investigators have determined a fire at a garage at 6784 Ellis Road in Stockport was intentionally set on June 2nd.