Guernsey County News

Eighty-seven wells extending horizontally into eastern Ohio's underground shale formations produced nearly 26.7 million gallons of oil -- nearly 636,000 barrels -- and 12.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas last year, according to a report released by state officials Thursday.

Thomas L. King of Cambridge, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, was presented a $500 scholarship by the General Electric Co.

A Cambridge man accused of shooting and killing a man he alleged was breaking into his home in 2011 has been convicted of multiple felony offenses after entering negotiated pleas during a hearing Monday in the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court.

Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival student art show chairman Darwin Jirles holds an enlargement of a application for the student art festival which are now ready for pickup at the Guernsey County Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Garrett Knott/The Daily Jeffersonian/www.buyjeffphotos.com The Guernsey County Common Pleas Court held host to ten visiting judges, part of the Ohio Judicial Conference, for the Shale Oil and Gas Roundtable Friday afternoon in Cambridge.

Entries are sought for the May 27 Byesville Memorial Day Parade. Line-up takes place at 1:30 p.m. on Glass Avenue, step-off at 2 p.m. Parental Alienation Support Group will meet from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Crossroads Branch Library.

Garrett Knott/The Daily Jeffersonian/www.buyjeffphotos.com The Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau held its annual awards presentation on Thursday at the newly remodeled Tourist Information Center in downtown Cambridge.

Young Life is back up to full speed in Guernsey County! Numerous kids come to Plumbers and Pipefitters every Monday at 8 p.m. for a chaotic, energy filled Young Life club.

One Guernsey County resident is in custody the other at large in a case involving the illegal assembly or manufacturing of drugs.

Dr. J. E. Patton was honored by the Guernsey County Medical Society upon completion of half a century of medical service at a luncheon at the Berwick Hotel.

The Beaver Hills Garden Club will sponsor its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the White House Dry Goods Store, Salesville.

Cambridge police officers and SWAT team members seized what was called a large amount of heroin and other narcotics when they executed a search warrant at a home in the 400 block of North Fifth Street Wednesday morning.

The Ohio Power Co. will start construction of a new service building west of the city.

The Byesville Police Department has returned to the village after the police chief said the force was disbanded for two years.

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The Southeastern Ohio Symphony Orchestra had a concert for fifth graders at the Secrest Auditorium on Monday .

A mobile methamphetamine laboratory was taken out Monday by the combined forces of Byesville Police Chief Jason May, the Guernsey County Sheriff's Department and the Washington County Sheriff's Department's Major Crime Task Force.

The annual "Pet Edition" is included with The Daily & Sunday Jeffersonian today.

The annual "Pet Edition" will be included with The Daily & Sunday Jeffersonian on Monday, May 6. The issue will feature photos of local pets, ranging from dogs and cats to cockatoos.

The annual event brought back both good and sad memories to local law enforcement officers who remembered their fellow officers that sacrificed their lives for the safety of the community.