Hocking County News

The Ross County Health District is reporting that, headed into today's vaccination clinic, it has dispensed nearly 6,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine.

Guardsmen, in the background, walk off Blanket Hill at Kent State University as civilians come to the aid of one of the wounded after the shootings on May 4, 1970.

NEWARK - A Baltimore, Ohio, woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison after charging $66,000 to company credit cards she was asked to deactivate.

LOGAN - Hocking County sheriff's deputies arrested a Logan man accused of stabbing two household members in an overnight dispute.

The suspect robbed a Vinton County General Store on Monday. Vinton County Sheriff's Deputies are on the lookout for a white male who robbed a Zaleski store from Monday.

ZALESKI - Vinton County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery of the Zaleski Ohio General Store that occurred Monday afternoon.

The American Red Cross of Fairfield and Hocking County is expanding its service to the Armed Forces.

NELSONVILLE -- Fire management personnel for the U.S. Forest Service are planning to conduct prescribed burning operations during the month of November starting Sunday.

Smith Chapel Food Pantry is a little place that fills a big void by feeding thousands of people in Hocking County.

Hocking County Health Department has received 600 doses of injectable H1N1 vaccine.

An Athens County man pleaded guilty to child pornography charges and was sentenced Tuesday.

Authorities arrested 10 suspects Wednesday in a sweep operation called Operation Busted Balloon.

A reward is issued for information in connection with an arson last weekend. The fire was reported at the former General Clay facility on Zanesville Avenue in Hocking County at about 11:55 p.m. Sunday.

The good and the not-so-good in the past few weeks: Cheers to local efforts to raise awareness about breast cancer.

As these jobs began leaving the state, Hocking College saw the potential for growth in alternative energy jobs.

LANCASTER -- South Central Power is calling for 'lights out' on the problem of copper thefts after eight of the company's 70 substations were targeted in recent days.

South Central Power Company substations have once again been the scene of theft and vandalism.

HAYDENVILLE, Ohio -- The gravediggers parked their truck at the foot of the road that corkscrews to the brow of a hill overlooking this Hocking County village.

NEW THIS MORNING: The search is on for a missing woman in Hocking County. Police are looking for 72 year old Juanita Robsinson.

Authorities have issued an alert for a 72-year-old missing woman from Hocking County.