Meigs County News

A male subject who allegedly led the Pomeroy Police Department and the Mason County Sheriff's Department on a high-speed chase Tuesday evening and then fled on foot was arrested in Pomeroy, Ohio Thursday morning.

Kids for a Clean Environment unveiled the flag containing colored squares made by children i Elisa Young brushed her feathery blond hair back from her face, and her eyes grew teary as she looked at the panel of environmental activists and asked, "How do you keep up the fight under such difficult circumstances?" Young, who describes herself as a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Meigs County man was convicted last week on six charges, including murder, in the death of Christopher Roush of Clifton, W.Va., in 2007, and faces life in prison.

COLUMBUS - A Pomeroy man was convicted of six federal charges including felony murder Friday morning and now faces life in prison.

A rural Athens County man faces up to 28 years to life in prison, after being convicted today of murder and aggravated robbery for his part in a drug-related shootout in February.

Charlene Hoeflich/photo - Mary Powell of the Chester Courthouse staff shows one of 13 wall hangings made by third graders now on display at the Chester Courthouse.

A clean coal power plant that could bring as many as 1,600 construction jobs to nearby Meigs County and 165 permanent jobs was among the first two state manufacturing projects to receive funding awards from the $150 million advanced energy portion of the Ohio Bipartisan Job Stimulus Plan, Gov.

The coal-fired power plant in southeast Ohio that AMP-Ohio is building with the help of 25 northwest Ohio communities was awarded a $30 million bridge loan yesterday by the Strickland administration.

POMEROY a ' The process of selecting a jury in the death penalty murder trial of Charles S. Williams will begin later this month with the selection of a jury pool.

CHESHIRE a ' The Gallia Meigs Community Action Agency will begin assisting residents with the 2009 Emergency Summer Cooling Program on July 1. Sandra Edwards, Emergency Services Division director, stated that the program will run through Aug.

Jennifer L. Sheets told colleagues on the Ohio Board of Education this afternoon that her days on the panel are numbered.

An Albany man and woman appeared in Meigs County Court Thursday, charged in the burglary and murder of a Columbia Township man last weekend.

Two Albany-area men were arrested early today in the beating death and robbery of a Meigs County man.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident in Meigs county that left three people dead.

POMEROY, Ohio - The state Highway Patrol says two teenagers and an infant were killed when their car drifted across the center divide and collided with a tractor-trailer on a southeast Ohio road.

A young couple and their baby traveling in a Chevrolet Malibu sedan were killed this morning in a head-on collision with a commercial tractor-trailer rig along Rt.

Ohio State Highway Patrol Officials are trying to figure out what caused a car crash that killed two people Sunday.

POMEROY a ' Prosecutors will use DNA evidence in the prosecution of Charles Williams for the February murder of Doris Jackson.

A Middleport police officer involved in a shooting after a chase was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday pending an investigation.

Officials are investigating after an early morning chase and shooting in Meigs County Wednesday.