Bond set at 1 million for Meigs County bank robber
Amanda Sawyer 31 of Reedsville is held on $1 million bond after arraignment in Meigs County Court on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping linked to the June 2 Farmers Bank branch robbery in Tuppers Plains. She was stopped Monday near Chester with a knife, gloves, and a mask, and investigators say the stop disrupted another planned crime. Preliminary hearing set for August 6.
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Coolville Road
Reedsville
Chester
Farmers ‘Bank
Tuppers Plains
Sawyer
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Keith Wood
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Outdoor siren test set for Wednesday at noon
Nelsonville The Plains and New Marshfield outdoor emergency warning sirens will sound for one minute at 12 p m on Wednesday. Residents are asked not to contact emergency services about the test. The monthly test normally occurs on the first Wednesday each month unless severe weather cancels it, in which case it is postponed.
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Nelsonville
the Plains
New Marshfield
Athens seeks its first poet laureate for 2016
Athens invites poetry candidates for a one year term starting January 1 2016 with a 2000 dollar honorarium. An ad hoc three to four member committee from the local poetry community and one AMAC representative will select the laureate based on civic engagement, literary excellence and community involvement. Submissions due by November 9 2015 at 5 p.m. via email or hand delivery to AMAC Arts West.
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Drexel Theatre Added to National Register of Historic Places
The 1937 Art Deco Drexel Theatre on East Main Street in Bexley near Columbus is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This sixth local site earns tax credit eligibility for renovations. A 2016 project plans to revitalize screening spaces lobby and marquee with a restaurant lounge and new restrooms already under way.
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Columbus
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Columbus Dispatch
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Cleveland officer faces federal charge over gun sales to felons
Kevin Lumpkin, 29, a North Randall village police officer, was arrested on a federal complaint accusing him of selling guns and a ballistic vest in 2012 to two convicted felons who cannot possess firearms. He surrendered to agents. a magistrate ordered detention until a Wednesday hearing.
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Cleveland
Kevin Lumpkin
FBI
North Randall Village
Lumpkin
Coffee with a Cop comes to The Plains event
The Athens County Sheriff Office will host its first Coffee with a Cup on Wednesday from 9 to 10 30 a m at McDonalds in The Plains. Sheriff Rodney Smith says the event mirrors an OU Police Department program to foster dialogue with residents. Attendees include Deputy Jimmy Childs Major Crimes Unit Commander Dennis Lowe and other officers. The program aims to meet the community and address concerns with a face to name connection. Future events across the county are planned with details to come.
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Athens County
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OUPD
Jimmy Childs
Major Crimes Unit
Dennis Lowe
Plains
Shawley
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Hocking College seeks two trustees by August 7 2015
The Hocking College Board will appoint two trustees later this year with current Perry County reps Tom Johnson and Jeanie Addington eligible to reapply. Residents of Athens Hocking or Perry counties may submit letters of interest and resumes by August 7 2015 to Nancy Vandeman at the Office of the President Nelsonville Ohio.
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Perry County
Tom Johnson
Jeanie Addington
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Addington
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Hocking College
Mike Brooks
Mike Budzik
Gary Edwards
Athens City
Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center
Logan-Hocking
Nelsonville- York
New Lexington
Perry-Hocking Educational Service Center
Keith Taulbee
Robert Troxel
Paula Tucker
Andy Stone
Nancy Vandeman
Hocking Parkway
Nelsonville
Ohio biologists warn proposed rules endanger rattlesnake study
Two southern Ohio biologists warn that suggested state forestry rules banning electronic monitoring of wildlife in state forests threaten ongoing rattlesnake research. They log snake locations from Tar Hollow, a 16,000 acre forest south of Columbus, to track movement. ODNR says rules aim to protect researchers, but critics say they curb scientific inquiry and could hinder management of forest ecosystems and endangered species.
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Laurelville
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Tar Hollow
Columbus
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Nathan Johnson
Ohio Environmental Council
Johnson
Forestry Division
Natural Resources Department
Matt Eiselstein
Eiselstein
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