Muskingum County News Archives

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.

ZANESVILLE -- Martin W. Kiggans, 45, of Byesville, could spend the next 19 years in prison if convicted of two robbery charges and two theft-of-drug charges.

ZANESVILLE -- Leah Tuttle remembers her son, Stacy, as being funny and ornery. Other than pictures of Stacy laughing with friends and family and her memories, Leah Tuttle will never get to talk or laugh with her son again.

The Muskingum County Commissioners got their third quarter investment report today.

Last year, six Ohioans died after getting in car crashes involving deer, and most of the accidents happen this time of year.

ZANESVILLE -- Six and a half years ago, Diana Beisser's 28-year-old son Troy died by suicide.

ZANESVILLE -- After months of suspicion, the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department has confirmed two cases of H1N1 in the county through lab test results that returned Thursday.

ZANESVILLE - Muskingum County began giving out H1N1 vaccines Wednesday to emergency medical technicians and firefighters who provide direct medical care.

The man arrested for the October 13 robbery of the Starfire gas station in Zanesville pled guilty Monday in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court.

ZANESVILLE -- An informational meeting on Issue 2 was conducted Sunday at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Barn with about 25 in attendance.

LANCASTER -- They can strike at any time. Jean McFerren and her husband were heading into town to fill a prescription when they became statistics.

ZANESVILLE - Firefighters, peace officers and emergency medical personnel from a six-county area will be honored Saturday for their service to their communities.

The Muskingum County Commissioners opened bidding Thursday on the Sonora Sanitary Sewer project.

A frost advisory remains in effect from 2 to 9 a.m. Wednesday for Coshocton and Muskingum counties.

It was a perfect fall day for residents at the Muskingum County Home to enjoy a few hours in the sunshine, but today residents were evacuated from the building because of a bomb threat.

Music and applause could be heard coming from Roger's Auction Barn in Adamsville Sunday.

ZANESVILLE --Eight-year-old Kurtis Krasky kicked what looked like a blue photo album with his left foot.

COSHOCTON -- Jim and Esther Ugie Parr were high school sweethearts who married quickly before he was shipped to Japan for military duty in the Air Force.

Record crowds swarmed the Muskingum County fairgrounds today to get free seasonal flu shots.

MUSKINGUM COUNTY - Two people have died due to an accident on Ohio 16 near Adams Mills, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Zanesville Post.

Just under 200 were left without service this morning due to high winds. In Guernsey County A-E-P says there are still 256 customers without service.

McCONNELSVILLE -- The Morgan County prosecutor has filed aggravated arson charges against two teen boys involved in a bomb scare at the high school last week.

COLUMBUS -- A Ross Correctional Facility inmate will see if a federal jury agrees that jail employees in Muskingum County used excessive force against him.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP -- The Rockies Express Pipeline stretch through Ohio is on target to be completed later this month, and natural gas is expected to be coursing through it by Nov.

The following are the duplicate bridge results from the Muskingum County Center for Seniors on Sept.

Authorities say two Morgan High School students have been arrested in connection with a bomb scare.

A former South Zanesville man is in a Texas jail after allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old girl.

The 22-year old man suspected of leaving the state with a Zanesville High School student was indicted Wednesday.