Hocking County News Archives

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.

ROCKBRIDGE: Tarzan has it all wrong. Vines are so passe. So dated. So uncool. Ziplines are the newest and hottest way to get from tree to tree.

A Hocking County man is charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, accused of driving a logging truck that struck and injured a Bremen father and son bicycling near the village July 17 and then fleeing the scene.

LAURELVILLE, Ohio a 'A Hocking County man is facing multiple charges for allegedly video-taping children and adults in his bathroom.

A man faces several charges after Hocking County deputies said he admitted to secretly videotaping people including at least one minor in his bathroom for more than a decade, 10TV's Andy Hirsch reported on Thursday.

A Laurelville man has been charged with multiple counts of pandering obscenity involving minors and other violations after being accused of secretly videotaping activity in his bathroom.

KINGSTON-- Kim Parsons planned by now on having a family heirloom ring in her possession to remember the mother she cared for through a chronic illness and who she had to lay to rest in August.

Another pink katydid has been found, and this one will get its moment in the spotlight.

Three local sites will receive rainbow trout as a part of a statewide release of the fish into 25 waterways this year.