Woodsfield News

NEWARK -- The following people appeared Monday in Licking County Municipal Court in front of Judge David Branstool for a bond hearing.

LICKING TOWNSHIP -- A routine traffic stop on Interstate 70 eastbound Sunday afternoon led to a scuffle and a short chase.

Herman Zerger has no regrets about sacrificing his youth in exchange for others' freedom more than 60 years ago.

East Ohio voters have many reasons to participate in this year's general election.

When an Akron police officer walked inside the apartment, what he saw left him speechless.

As former POW Eugene Parker told of his hungry, cold and miserable days as a prisoner during World War II Friday, he paused mid-story to ask a group of New Matamoras Elementary students "Can you imagine?" There was no way for the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders in attendance to put themselves in his shoes, but on Friday, at the school's 20th ...

It begins with the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner," but from there the Washington County Fair's version of the Olympics is...well, just a little bit country.

John Jorgenson used his Cirrus SR22 to transport a rescued Papillon to a new home.

An 85 year-old Jerusalem, Ohio man is killed while riding his lawnmower on the road.

A Malaga man was killed Wednesday afternoon in Monroe County when the lawn mower he was driving was struck by a pickup truck.

An 85 year-old Jerusalem, Ohio man is killed while riding his lawnmower on the road.

Timothy Gordon, 47, of Woodsfield was life-flighted to the hospital after being involved in a motorcycle accident Tuesday night.

A Newport man on a motorcycle died Sunday afternooon after colliding with an oncoming car on Ohio 26 in Ludlow Township in eastern Washington County 30 miles from Marietta.

A Newport man on a motorcycle died Sunday afternooon after colliding with an oncoming car on Ohio 26 in Ludlow Township in eastern Washington County 30 miles from Marietta.

It's been said that the little children will lead, and that's exactly what happened when 9-year-old Chase South persuaded his parents, Karen and Jack South of Woodsfield, Ohio, to hop aboard the Valley Gem sternwheeler Friday.

Officials at the Woodsfield Police Department said Tuesday that charges could be pending after an apartment fire in the town Saturday.

Five families are displaced after a fire in Woodsfield Sunday afternoon. Woodsfield Fire Chief Mike Young says a fire broke out at an apartment building on East Court Street in the town just after 3:15p.m. Chief Young says the fire started in a third floor kitchen and spread to the rest of the building.

NEW CONCORD - Rex Hoon has scars from his time in World War II. He also has his share of medals for his U.S. Army service in Italy and France.

About a year-and-a-half ago, Stanleyville resident Robert Miller started making pens and pencils using a lathe and materials such as wood, acrylic and deer antlers.

Monroe County officials have announced a 48 hour boil order for residents living west of Marietta Street and State Route 78.