Athens County News

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 ...

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

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

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.

' 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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