Harrison County News

Jefferson County authorities have two men in custody after a traffic stop overnight sends officers on a wild ride.

Lamont and I have been a part of the Harrison County Relay for Life committee since they started working on the 2009 event, and, when the actual relay was held on June 12-13, we found it very rewarding.

The Harrison County Sheriff's office has linked two suspects to a string of burglaries just outside Cadiz that started back in March.

Approximately 80 customers in Jefferson and Harrison counties remained without electrical power early today, but area residents appeared to have been spared the worst of the weather late Wednesday.

Harrison County Sheriff Ronald Myers tells 7 News that three men are behind bars and charged in connection with an ATV theft ring that spanned Guernsey and Harrison Counties.

The Harrison County sheriff is sending out a warning to residents after three people in a white minivan have been stopping at homes, claiming to be tax assessors.

As a result, alternative emergency phone lines have been set up and they are as follows: Freeport: 658-3156 Moorefield Township: 968-4114 Harrisville: 546-3911 New Athens: 968-4748 Scio: 945-0180 Tippecanoe: 658-3779

Ohio EPA has issued a draft permit-to-install to Apex Environmental, LLC, for the companya s proposed landfill expansion and authorized maximum daily waste receipt increase at Apex Sanitary Landfill in Jefferson and Harrison counties.

Three people are charged with allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a Jewett man. And now all face very serious charges in Harrison County.

The Carriage Inn of Cadiz held a rededication ceremony and ribbon cutting Thursday, celebrating a $325,000 investment by parent Capital Health Services in renovations to the 70-bed skilled nursing facility.

NEWCOMERSTOWN: James Edward 'Jim' Bouscher, 82, Newcomerstown, passed away Friday evening, May 8, in Union Hospital, Dover.

JEWETT a ' The culinary and craft skills of the Harrison County Farm Bureau promotion and education committee were put on display at the annual Farm-City Luncheon at the Jewett Fire Hall.

A major illegal gambling operation was busted in Harrison County. Sources told 7 News that 18 illegal gambling machines were removed from a bar in Jewett at around 10:00 p.m. Saturday.

Ted Hart was sworn to secrecy when his friend Connie Culp told him she was a candidate for a face transplant.

As a man sits in jail and awaits his release, his wife appeared before the world as the recipient of the first full face transplant in the United States.

The first face transplant patient in the US went in front of the cameras today. The 46 year old Ohio woman has had dozens of surgeries after being shot by her common law husband.

Funds from the upcoming Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park dinner and auction will go toward making repairs on the coal mining equipment displayed at the historical park and general expenses in the upkeep of the park.

Harrison County Sheriff Ronald Myers tells wtrf.com that seven area fire departments are battling a massive grass fire that appears to be out of control right now.

Ohio intends to use $278 million in federal stimulus money to upgrade its water and sewer systems, as well as help homeowners fix or replace failing septic systems that pollute ditches and streams, environmental officials said Thursday.

Mike Engler's name will never be etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. But even though Engler, an Akron native, was not killed in Vietnam, his wife says he died in 2006 because of exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange during his three-month tour of duty in 1967.