Perry County News

Two separate Toys for Tots auctions this weekend are hoping to raise thousands of dollars to provide for hundreds of children.

ZANESVILLE -- A Lancaster man has been indicted on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and four counts of vehicular assault and faces up to 16 years in prison, according to Perry County Prosecutor Joseph Flautt.

State Route 37 in Perry County going into Junction City from New Lexington is closed at this time due to an accident.

Angel Palmer, who voted at the Community Center, said she enthusiastically supported both the library and Rambo levies.

SOMERSET: Dale Edwin Garey, 87, of Somerset, Ohio, died at 7:08 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Autumn Health-care of Somerset.

SOMERSET - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a fatal crash on Ohio 13 near Tatman's Road in Perry County.

A vivid imagination combined with a love of reading has catapulted former Perry County resident Linn Keller into a writing career.

A Perry County woman is being held in the Southeast Regional Jail on rape charges.

NEW LEXINGTON - The New Lexington Police Department is releasing very little information in connection with a woman being charged with rape.

NEW LEXINGTON -- Melissa Marolt has been appointed executive director of the Perry County District Library.

Perry County Court Judge Dean Wilson Oct. 8 Linda Pritt, 21, 252 High St., Roseville, drug paraphernalia, $150 and costs, 10 days jail suspended, one-year license suspension from Oct.

Four people remain hospitalized Wednesday , one in critical condition, after a head-on crash on State Route 13 in Perry County.

The countdown to Christmas is a little more than two months away, but one local organization is already prepping for the holiday season.

NEW LEXINGTON -- A gun company is asking an appellate court to grant it a new trial after losing a $300,000 verdict two years ago.

JACKSONTOWN -- Ohio 93, just south of Crooksville, will be closed today to perform a bridge deck pour as part of an ongoing project.

Roseville Garden Club will meet at noon Thursday at the Roseville Community Center.

NEW LEXINGTON -- The annual Perry County Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct.

Absentee voting for the Nov. 3 election began Tuesday and runs through Nov. 2. Applications for absentee balloting can be found at your local county board of elections office, or can be mailed to you by calling the board office.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Donald R. Ogg, 89, of 43 N. 9th St. McConnelsville, passed away Thursday September 24, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. at the Genesis Health & Rehabilitation Center in McConnelsville.

NEW LEXINGTON -- After receiving numerous localized awards during the years, one Perry County care and rehab center is pleased to receive its first national award.