Muskingum County News

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz says a woman has been taken to the hospital for evaluation after an incident this morning.

A local woman is being honored for her years of devoted service. Ellen Vonada is the 2009 Muskingum County Caregiver Of The Year.

Muskingum County got a very large check from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry.

The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office is continuing an investigation surrounding a bomb threat at the Community Bank.

PHILO --The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office is investigating the suspicious death of a llama.

ZANESVILLE -- Virgil R. Montgomery II was in a Muskingum County Common Pleas court asking to be allowed to enter a not guilty plea for reasons of insanity Monday.

The Muskingum County Commissioners are taking bids Thursday for the Licking Road and South Pleasant Grove Road waterline project.

Mitchell Bruce Miller ZANESVILLE -- Muskingum County Sheriff's Office is looking for Mitchell Bruce Miller, who has been charged with two counts of failure to register as a sexual offender.

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Department of Health has awarded more than $645,000 in grant funding to the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department, Coshocton Health Department and Genesis Health Care System, State Rep.

The Cambridge-Guernsey County Health Department has announced that two non-hospitalized residents have tested positive for H1N1 through an independent lab.

We all went to school when we were younger. The 3 s; reading, writing, and arithmetic were the basics in primary education.

ZANESVILLE -- Heather M. Chandler, of Zanesville, entered guilty pleas to one count of trafficking in crack-cocaine with a forfeiture specification, one count of possession of crack cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine in a Muskingum County Common Pleas court Tuesday.

ZANESVILLE -- One man has been charged after a drug bust in the city Tuesday. Timothy James Thomas, 25, of Zanesville, has been charged with three counts of possession of drugs and three counts of trafficking in drugs after he was arrested at the corner of Seventh and Elberon streets by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office and the Central Ohio ...

An East Fultonham man was arraigned in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court on multiple sex charges.

It was a great day for levies in Muskingum County for some local organizations. The John Mcintire Library System got a big win at the polls on Tuesday by easliy passing its current expenses levy by over 5000 votes.

A Zanesville woman who was arrested in a September drug buy bust pled guilty Tuesday in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court.

ZANESVILLE - A Zanesville man, who originally faced a murder charge in the death of a 3-year-old girl, pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges including failing to report the death.

Thanks to a joint project between three local and state agencies, local police, fire and emergency response services will be able to communicate more easily.

Friday, October 30, 2009 9:09 AM WCLT News Staff The Muskingum County Commissioners have approved a fee raise to help with the building department's financial difficulties.

COLUMBUS - Franklin and Scioto counties had the most driving under suspension arrests over the past three years according to new statistics recently released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.