Vinton News

Verizon Wireless has extended its wireless voice and data network to Athens County, giving its customers here direct access to the nation's most reliable wireless network.

Heavy rain coming from fast-moving storms eventually dried up, but left water rushing through streams and creeks and over roads on Thursday.

By Erin E. O'Neill, eoneill@mariettatimes.com Produce auctions in Ohio Chesterhill near Chesterhill in Morgan County Captina near Barnesville in Monroe County Owl Creek near Waterford in Morrow County ...

Nearly 800 feet of telephone wire has been stolen from various locations around Gallia County during the past week.

A Vinton County teen was killed and his brother was seriously injured when their vehicle hit a semi truck Monday.

ROSEVILLE - Franklin Local Community School is relocating to Roseville Middle School in Roseville, for the 2008-2009 school year and is accepting enrollment applications. via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

“It's arguably the most valuable forest land in Ohio”

More than 3,200 acres in Vinton County are on track to become Ohio's 21st state forest. via Columbus Dispatch

Ohio's rural counties continue to struggle with helping families in need. Vinton County has the highest percentage of children in poverty and has one of the state's highest unemployment rates. via WCHI-AM Chillicothe

The state will pay at least $1 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from a fiery collision that killed a woman and two state troopers near Gallipolis in 2006. via Columbus Dispatch

"I am nearly 48 years old, a housekeeper..." These are first words that Louisa Ish Smathers gives in a deposition taken by the Special Examiner, J.W. Downtain on January 2, 1889, in Hawk, Ohio. via News-Messenger

“The Logan and Richmond Dale offices will complement our existing branch network and allow us to provide the high level of service for which our community bank is known.”

McARTHUR - Vinton County National Bank Friday announced it has entered into an agreement with Oak Hill Banks to acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Logan and Richmond Dale branch offices of Oak ... via Chillicothe Gazette

“We believe the chemistry is doable. We're showing that”

Thousands of miles of streams in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania are orange and lifeless, poisoned by toxic water that spews from coal mines abandoned decades ago. via Columbus Dispatch

“What we have on the road now is unacceptable -- nothing.”

State Highway Patrol cruisers might become equipped with a fire- suppression system that one senior captain calls "junk." The Ohio Department of Public Safety proposes spending $643,850, or $395 apiece, to ... via Columbus Dispatch

“Total employment declined slightly with losses in both goods-producing and service-producing industries.”

Unemployment in Knox County fell slightly during the month of October, according to the latest state job report. via Mount Vernon News

“The only difference between me and any other guy with a camera is that I've taken more bad pictures.”

Jason Gillispie and Aaron Levy ride to Vinton, Ohio's Fellowship Chapel for Sunday service in the back of a donated bus. via PhotoJournalism

Posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 ; 11:13 AM Updated Sunday, November 18, 2007 ; 11:38 AM The crash is still under investigation. via WOWK-TV

McARTHUR - A 44-year-old Vinton County woman escaped serious injury Monday when she surprised a man she found in her home. via Chillicothe Gazette

“They couldn't leave folks on the van to go get help and it could be a walk ... it could be two miles before they could find someone to assist.”

MANSFIELD -- A van once used to transport Richland County residents has found a second life in southeast Ohio. via News Journal

Mental retardation and developmental disability agencies work to help their clients be successful, but on Wednesday a Richland MRDD agency worked to help a fellow agency be successful. via WMFD-TV Mansfield