Meigs County News

Your tax dollars will be hard at work this summer as the Ohio Department of Transportation launches one of the largest, most aggressive construction seasons to date with projects totaling approximately $2.3 billion.

Shoppers visiting Pomeroy now will not only find planting areas filled with blooming flowers but free parking spaces on the parking lot.

Darrah Wilcox Web Producer: Darrah Wilcox Reported: May. 16, 2013 5:12 PM EDT Updated: May.

Fracking takes place just a few hundred feet from an Ohio apartment building. Photo by People's Oil and Gas Collaborative .

A resolution to place a five-year, three mill tax levy on the November ballot for the purpose of funding the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Middleport Fire Department was passed by a split vote of Middleport Village Council Monday night.

The Eastern High School Class of 2013 will receive their diplomas during the annual commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. on May 19 in the Eastern High School gymnasium.

BLADENSBURG, Ohio - Retail commerce is defined in this Knox County community by Mrs.

National Nurses Week 2013, celebrating those who care was observed May 6 through May 12 and honors those in the nursing profession for all that they do.

A new recycling center was recently dedicated in Tuppers Plains. Pastor Jenni Dunham blessed the recycling center during the dedication.

The top senior award, the Franklin B.Walters Scholarship Award, was presented to Emma Perrin, Meigs senior, by Meigs High School Principal Steve Ohlinger.

Woman, who had been on house arrest while facing charges in a meth case, cut her house arrest bracelet and left her home.

Middleport has received a grant from the Meigs County Health Department to be used to improve park facilities in the village as a way of encouraging residents to participate in activities which lead to a healthier lifestyle.

Three people are in custody following a homicide on Wednesday night at the Meigs Motel just off Ohio 7 near Pomeroy.

Katelyn Sykes Web Producer: Katelyn Sykes Reported: May. 9, 2013 5:09 AM EDT Updated: May.

After nearly five years of cuts to hours of operation, staffing, and other items, the Meigs County District Public Libraries will see hours return to where they once were.

"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world.

Three Meigs County organizations have been awarded grants by the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund as part of its program in support of its vision of "healthy people in healthy communities." At its spring meeting the SSJCF's Board of Directors approved a total of $237,727 in funding for 30 organizations in southeastern Ohio and West Virginia.

Last Thursday a new batch of soldiers pledged their service to the Union Army in the Gallipolis City Park - if only for an afternoon.

For the eighth year, the Meigs County Cancer Initiative's Think Pink Program has been awarded $54,000 from the Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to provide mammography services, which includes including transportation vouchers and breast health education to 250 women in Meigs County.

Layoffs, which were recently announced, began on Tuesday and ended on Thursday of this week.