Harness Driver Hershberger Dominates Athens County Fair Action
Mount Vernon Ohio driver Jonas Hershberger aged 39 enjoyed a strong Athens County Fair first day on Aug 7 winning three of seven races and finishing second twice. He piloted Western Wayne Then to a 2:00.2 mile pace and Great Big Bertha to a one mile trot, both beating five rivals. He also won with Parson Brown in the final race, a repeat victory from last year.
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Athens County Fair
Jonas Hershberger
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Athens Lions Club
Hershberger
Western Wayne
Parson Brown
Athens County
Haif
Jacob
Ammon
Delaware
Mansfield
Larry DI Giovanni
King James
Rutter and Vore jailed over Athens drug ring charges
John Rutter, 55, and Patricia Nichole Vore, 29, of Gloucester, were sentenced to four years and three years in prison respectively for counts tied to a heroin and cocaine trafficking ring in Athens County. Rutter faced a four year term with possible judicial release after one year. Vore received three years for a first degree felony and five years on remaining counts under community control with a 10 year underlying term. Both face five years post-release supervision.
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Athens County
John Rutter
Patricia Nichole Vore
Glouster
Rutter
Patrick Lang
Keller Blackburn
K. Robert Toy
Vore
George McCarthy
Blackburn
Meg Saunders
Joel-Henry Mansfield
Cary Losey Spears
Gerald Hammon Jr
Kelly Marie Cox
Megan Vore
Anthony Spears
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Kevin Degarmore
Robert Degarmore
Ronnie Degarmore
John “Michael” Losey
Richard Losey
Jeffrey Degarmore
Leesha Sant
Recycling Schedule Aims to Recycle Household Items Free of Charge
Area residents can recycle cardboard newspaper magazines glass aluminum steel cans plastics 1 to 7 and mixed paper at Aug 1 at five locations including Canaan Two Garage Old River Road Trimble Two Garage and Benton Two Garage Route 664 S Also on Aug 15 from 8 am to noon at the Shade Community Center in Lodi Two For more recycling opportunities in Athens and Hocking Counties call 797-4208.
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Canaan
Old River Road
Trimble
Benton
Shade
Lodi
Athens
Hocking
Athens charity gives free school supplies for kids
Athens residents lined up at the Castrop Center for a Jason Reed Foundation back to school giveaway offering free backpacks and supplies with no eligibility but attendance by families. Orthopedic surgeon Jason Reed funds the effort to promote education while civic and community supporters join in with face painting, a fire truck, music, and autographs from Mike Doss. Nearly 750 backpacks were prepared and leftovers will aid Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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Athens
Jason Reed Foundation
Castrop Center
Stephanie Adams
Jason Reed
Reed
Crystal Cole
Adams
Nelsonville
Cabella Kasler
Nelsonville Fire Department
WATH
Power 105
J Ambulance
Ohio State
Mike Doss
Jimmy Childs
Athens County Sheriff's Office
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Steve Robb
Maddie Flickinger
Andrea
Maddox Delacruz
Maddox
Lacy Hornsby
Andrea Flickinger
Ohio judicial board says judges must marry same sex couples
The Ohio Supreme Court Board of Professional Conduct ruled that judges who perform marriages cannot refuse to marry same sex couples on personal or moral grounds or due to religious beliefs. It says refusing or halting all marriages to avoid such weddings could signal bias and jeopardize cases involving sexual orientation. Municipal Judge C Allen McConnell had refused a same sex wedding but said he will wed if requested.
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Columbus
Ohio
Judicial Conduct Board
Ohio Supreme Court
Board of Professional Conduct
Toledo
C. Allen McConnell
U.S. Supreme Court
McConnell
New England Road slip repair closes county road
Athens County Engineer’s Office closes County Road 48 half a mile south of County Road 38 in Bern Two on Wednesday at 8 a.m. for about three weeks to repair a road slip. Local traffic detours and work crews will operate during the closure.
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Athens
New England
Sand Rock
Bern
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