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updated: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:03 pm

Athens County News

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Wednesday Jul 16 | Morgan County Herald

Local Disaster Action Team assists couple in area fire

The Morgan County Disaster Action Team of the Muskingum Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross was dispatched to assist William and Marcella Matheney of 8080 N. Wrightstown Road, Glouster, at 5:30 p.m. on ...

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Related Topix: Morgan County, OH, Glouster, OH, Muskingum College, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - GRAFT : KING : LINT : TEDROW

Abraham Graft, is the son of John Graft and Mary "Polly" Lint. Abraham Graft married Rhoda "Phebe" Tedrow .

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

Union County carnival workers to be screened

The carnival workers at this year's Union County Fair will have to undergo a background check.

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Related Topix: Marysville, OH, Personal Finance, Social Security, Darke County, OH, Union County, OH

Thu Jul 10, 2008

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Local man sentenced to nine years in prison for pandering obscenity

ZANESVILLE - A 55-year-old Zanesville man was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to 28 counts of pandering child obscenity.

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Related Topix: Muskingum County, OH, Zanesville, OH

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

Criminal checks sought at Union County Fair

' The Union County prosecutor wants police to run background checks on all the carnival workers who roll into town for the Union County Fair this month.

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Related Topix: Marysville, OH, Union County, OH

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

Athens woman sentenced to prison for killing pedestrian in wreck

A 27-year-old Athens woman was sentenced to four years in prison today for striking and killing an Ohio University international student with her vehicle last summer.

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Related Topix: Athens, OH

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Marietta Times

Reno squad turns to insurance billi.....

Later this month, the Reno Volunteer Fire Department will begin billing insurance companies of patients they take to the hospital.

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Related Topix: Washington County, OH, Noble County, OH, Devola, OH

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Morgan County Herald

Ohio State University Extension - Morgan County

This is a nasty disease called fireblight. This is happening all around our area.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Lima News

Summer stay-cation: Ideas for one-tank trips

Back in the day it wasn't so difficult to take a family vacation. But, well, it's 2008, and you know the drill.

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Related Topix: Logan, OH, Cleveland Metro, Put-in-Bay, OH, Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

Fri Jun 27, 2008

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Endangered burying beetle making a comeback

NELSONVILLE - Hundreds of endangered beetles were released into the wild Wednesday morning, though not at The Wilds as originally planned.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Nelsonville, OH, Hocking County, OH

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

Martino resigns as Artsbridge direc.....

After four-and-a-half years, Pamela Martino is resigning as director of Artsbridge to take a position with the American Red Cross in Athens, Ohio.

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Related Topix: Parkersburg Metro

Mon Jun 23, 2008

WBNS

Man, 21, Charged With Rape Of Underage Girl

A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with rape of an underage girl. Authorities said Bradley E. Burchfield, Jr.

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Related Topix: Nelsonville, OH

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Chillicothe Gazette

Missing Stoutsville man found

STOUTSVILLE - A 77-year-old man who had not been seen in since Thursday was found in Athens County on Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Fairfield County, OH, Stoutsville, OH

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Four People Injured in School Bus - Van Accident

Four people, including a school bus driver and a student, are hospitalized following a school bus - van accident on U.S. Route 50 at the intersection of Ohio Route 329, near the Marathon / Guysville Food Mart ...

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Related Topix: Guysville, OH, Coolville, OH

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Marietta Times

Man charged with raping stepdaughte.....

An Amesville man was arrested Saturday and charged with sexually assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter, the sheriff's office announced.

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Related Topix: Marietta, OH, Jacksonville, OH, Amesville, OH, Washington County, OH

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Columbus Dispatch

Four teens charged in library fire from firecracker

Four teen-age boys were charged today with causing more than $500,000 in damage by throwing a firecracker into the book deposit of an Athens County library.

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Related Topix: Albany, OH

Mon Jun 16, 2008

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

The cost of hay

Most of first cutting hay has been made in the area. The value of forage, particularly hay, is hard to determine when compared to a bushel of corn or soybeans.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Sat Jun 14, 2008

LancasterEagleGazette

St. Matthew staging 'Family Fun Night' tonight

SUGAR GROVE - Visitors to one local church are assured to have a good time, said organizers of a free, family-friendly event taking place tonight.

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Thu Jun 12, 2008

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Louella J. Holzschuher, 90

ZANESVILLE - Louella J. Holzschuher, 90, of Zanesville, died at 9:20 p.m. Saturday, June 7, 2008, at Willow Haven Nursing Home.

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Related Topix: Zanesville, OH, Blue Rock, OH

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Marion Star

Ohio storms leave thousands without power

High winds have knocked out power to thousands throughout Ohio, and National Weather Service investigators plan to check out fresh reports of tornadoes.

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Related Topix: Weather

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