Meigs Local teachers vote to strike at start of classes
Meigs Local School District teachers voted to strike after stalled negotiations with the board. Classes will not be affected Tuesday as district officials plan to keep schools open, despite the strike. The union seeks a 4.5 index based pay and other items, while the board offered 1.7 index for an 8800 base salary.
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Middleport
Meigs
Board of Education
Charles Dowler
Meigs Local Teachers Association
Dowler
Ohio Association of Public School Employes
Firefighters contain covered bridge fire in Vinton County
Deputies Kenneth Shutts and Milford Bolton spotted flames at a covered bridge over Raccoon Creek on County Road 20 early Saturday. They pulled burning boards from the structure and alerted the McArthur Fire Department which extinguished the blaze.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Raccoon Creek
Kenneth Shutts
Milford Bolton
McArthur Fire Department
Caldwell mislisted on Meigs Eastern Local School Board race
The Messenger reports candidate Jimmy C Caldwell for the Meigs Eastern Local School Board was incorrectly listed as Jerry Caldwell in Friday’s edition. The correction clarifies the intended ballot name for voters.
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Pomeroy
Jimmy C Caldwell
Meigs Eastern Local School Board
Jerry Caldwell
Multiple Convictions and Settlements Documented in Ohio Courts
A compendium of Ohio court actions lists sentences for aggravated trafficking, guilty pleas in grand theft, and numerous small-scale violations. Individuals from Athens, Gallipolis, Glouster, Pomeroy, Rutland, and surrounding areas face fines, probation, or brief jail terms, with several cases settled out of court and others dismissed.
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Richard Robison
Carriage Hill
Mansfield Reformatory
Department of Mental Health and Retardation
Sally R Krieg
James Shumaker
Nelsonville
Gallipolis State Institute
Michael Bovin
Athens Route 4
Bovin
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Southeast Ohio Outlook With Showers Heavy Rain Risks
Forecast covers Southeast Ohio with chances of showers tonight and Tuesday. Lows 65–70 tonight, highs in the low to mid 80s Tuesday. Extended outlook shows daily showers Wednesday to Friday with highs around the 80s and lows in the 60s.
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Ohio
West Lake Shore
East Lake Shore Northeast
West Central Central
East Central
Middleport Mayor's Fines Reported For Public Disturbance
Vonia Taylor of Middleport cited for disturbing the peace and fighting. Keith Petrie, 21, Middleport fined for speeding. Daving while under suspension cited for $50 fine.
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Vonia Taylor
Middleport
Keith Petrie
Woman Questions Ring Theft Claim at McDonalds
Chris Baker of McDonalds on Richland Avenue informed police last week a diamond ring valued over 500 dollars was stolen. On Saturday she supplied new details saying the ring stayed in her purse for weeks before it vanished and she may have lost it rather than stolen. Chris Padian of 182 N Shafer Sr said his bicycle was stolen after leaving it parked on Mill Street for several hours.
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Chris Baker
McDonalds
Richland Avenue
Chris Padian
N. Shafer Sr
Mill Street
Locomotive Damaged in ConRail Freight Fire
Fire damaged a diesel locomotive on a southbound ConRail freight train near Hobson. Fireman Howard Smith noticed smoke from the generator about a mile from the Hobson yards. Engineer George Miller proceeded to the yards where Middleport firemen extinguished the blaze.
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Middleport
ConRail
Howard Smith
Hobson
George Miller
Legion Meeting Set Tonight in Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan Post 229 of the American Legion convenes a special meeting at 8 tonight at the Post Home. Adjutant Clarence Wolf oversees issuance of new membership cards.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
American Legion
Clarence Wolf
Logan Mayor's FINE Forde Logan Mayor's FINE
Logan officials fine a list of offenders including Robert Alan Howard Haydenville for driving while intoxicated with a $150 penalty and three days in jail. Other citations include Kevin Hank Lindsey for red light and speeding charges, David Lee Piaquadia for speeding, Charles E Hoops for stop sign violation, Victor E Mayles for following distance, Michael W Thompson for unnecessary noise, David A Jahn for improper backing.
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Robert Alan Howard
Haydenville
Kevin Hank Lindsey
Mound St
David Lee Piaquadia
Bowen St
Charles E Hoops
New Straitsville
Victor E. Mayles
Chauncey
Meigs Probate Grants Marriage Licenses
Timothy Beards and Tamela Bowers, both 19, of Pomeroy. Robert Lawson, 36, of Portland, and Lottie Smith, 28, of Reedsville. Lyle Haning, 19, of Albany, and Linda Dearth, 16, of Athens. Jack Pearley, 31, of Syracuse, and Janet Pickens, 27, of Syracuse.
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Timothy Beards
Tamela Bowers
Pomeroy
Robert Lawson
Portland
Lottie Smith
Reedsville
Lyle Haning
Albany
Linda Dearth
Athens
Jack Pearley
Syracuse
Janet Pickens
Man Stabbed Refuses To Name Attacker In Ohio incident
Laurelville resident Damon Stevens was stabbed in the forehead along Route 56 and refused to identify the assailant. Deputies reported he declined to file charges and was aided by two persons at his home.
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Logan
Laurelville
Hocking County
Stevens
Man stabbed at Nelsonville cafe leads to arrest
Nelsonville man Robert Williams was stabbed at the Center Cafe after 11 p.m. He and his wife Nancy were treated at University Hospital. Mike McGuire of Ft. Myers Florida faces two counts of felonious assault. Bond set at 5000 dollars. Preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday. Williams remains in satisfactory condition in the ICU.
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Center Cafe
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Ft. Myers
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Robert Williams
Williams
Nancy
Sheriff's Office
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Athens County
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Vinton Man Charged in Stabbing Incident
Ralph Coleman, 25, of McArthur Route 1 is charged with felonious assault over a early Saturday stabbing. Roger Reynolds, wounded in the fight, was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital and released. The stabbing followed a family dispute at a McArthur trailer home.
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Mcarthur
Hospital Notes On Families From Athens To Barboursville
List of patients and newborns from multiple towns including Athens Glouster Jacksonville Buchtel Millfield and Barbourville with many surnames and a daughter or son noted for several families. The notes read like a roll of new arrivals or transfers across several communities.
List of Residents, Patients and Transfers Names
A roster of individuals from multiple towns including Glouster Logan Chauncey Nelsonville and Athens. Names include Mount St Mary John Withem AnnaBelle Rowe Madeleine Dye Mary Alice Smith Adolph Levandofsky Grace Carr John Chiki Bernice Spencer Dave Williams Mark Tanner Hazel Mellinger Julie Martin Irene Lentz Delores Llewellyn Helen Delon Louise Carr Sara Oremus Ruby Gill Tamara Newlon Debra DeBolt David Sufrenko Ernest Probst Helen Smith Orpha Thompson Anna Kontner Julia Levering Lester Thompson Eugene Lonberger Susan Young Beulah North and Arthur Roberts with Frank Hook noted as transferred to O Bleness Memorial Hospital Athens.
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AnnaBelle Rowe
Glouster
Madeleine Dye
Mary Alice Smith
Logan
Adolph Levandofsky
Buchtel
Grace Carr
Chauncey
John Chiki
Athens
Bernice Spencer
Murray City
Dave Williams
Mark Tanner
Hazel Mellinger
Julie Martin
Irene Lentz
Delores Llewellyn
Helen Delon
Louise Carr
Sara Oremus
Ruby Gill
Nelsonville
Frank Hook
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Tamara Newlon
Debra DeBolt
David Sufrenko
Ernest Probst
Helen Smith
Orpha Thompson
Anna Kontner
Julia Levering
Lester Thompson
Eugene Lonberger
Susan Young
Beulah North
Arthur Roberts
Hocking Valley Births Reported Across Logan Area
A Logan area birth notice lists parents and families including Roger Starr and Benjamin Kline among multiple relatives from Logan Rockbridge Nelsonville Carbon Hill and nearby towns. The tally features many grandparents aunts and siblings from local households.
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Rockbridge
Charles Ainsley
Nelsonville
James Browning
Carbon Hill
George Culp
Robert White
Donald Shultz
Larry Blosser
Ned Fickel
Theodore Yates
William Carrier
Logan
Clifford Cundiff Killed Riding Bicycle in Mason County Route 87
Services for Clifford Martin Cundiff 20 of Leon Route 1 will be Wednesday at Colonial Funeral Chapel Richland Missouri. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery Richland. Cundiff died Friday night in Point Pleasant when struck while cycling east in the westbound lane of Route 87 in Mt Flower School Area Mason County. State Police say two cars driven by Clayton Matheny 17 and Gary Hudnall 19 both of Leon were involved. Matheny attempted to pass and may have struck Cundiff or Hudnall. Hudnall vehicle left the road and went over an embankment. He was taken to Pleasant Valley Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. He was born in Indiana, son of Mary Asbell Cundiff and the late Kenneth Eugene Cundiff. He attended Wesleyan Holiness Church of Point Pleasant. Survived by three sisters and four brothers. Local arrangements by Crow-Hassell Funeral Home.
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Leon
Colonial Funeral Chapel
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Missouri
Elm Grove
Cundiff
West Virginia
Clayton Matheny
Gary Hudnall
Mt Flower
Mason County
Jay L. Searls
Matheny
Hudnall
Pleasant Valley Hospital
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Mary Asbell Cundiff
Kenneth Eugene Cundiff
Wesleyan Holiness Church
Daniel Smith
Muncy
Ind
Brenda
Lucinda Cundiff
POMEROY Ralph Carmen obituary notes Minersville burial
Ralph Carmen Pomeroy 77 of Minersville died Sunday in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital He was born in Meigs County son of the late Jacob and Florence Davis Carmen He is survived by a sister Blanche Baum Graveside services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Minersville Cemetery conducted by the Ewing Funeral Home
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Ralph R Carmen
Minersville
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Meigs County
Jacob and
Florence Davis Carmen
Blanche Baum
Ewing Funeral Home
Kiwanis Club Events In Athens And Glouster Tonight
Athens Kiwanis Club hosts Foundress Day Dinner at The Sportsman Sigma Phi Gamma and Alpha Tau Chapter at 5:30 p.m. Foundress Day Dinner location is Ohio University Inn second floor. Glouster Kiwanis Club holds a family picnic at Burr Oak picnic grounds near the beach this evening.
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the Sportsman Sigma Phi Gamma
Alpha Tau
Foundress
Ohio University Inn
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P.m
Burr Oak
Al-Anon Meeting and Boy Scouts Schedule
Al-Anon meets at 8 p m in the Church of the Good Shepherd lounge at 64 University Terrace for friends and relatives concerned about drinking problems. Gloucester Boy Scouts gather at 6 p m in the Scout Building.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
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Priscilla Class Plans Fund Raiser Sales
Glouster Priscilla Class met with Mrs Lucille Dorton presiding. Devotions from the Upper Room were presented. Members read articles by Marjorie Holmes and others. Plans were made to aid United Methodist Women with a garage sale at 7 Broad St Friday and a bake sale in front of Village Gift Shop Saturday. Birthdays for Mrs Neal Morris and Mrs Leroy were noted.
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Glouster
Lucille Dorton
Priscilla
Former Meigs Teacher Cited as Acting Chair at OT State Tech
Wooster resident Charles Stock, former Meigs Local third grade teacher at Salem Center, has been named acting chairman of the division of Agricultural Business technologies at the Agriculture Technical Institute of Ohio State University. Stock, who farms in Meigs County, lives with his wife Judith and their children Meegan, 7, and Ethan, 6.
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Charles Stock
Meigs
Salem Center
The
Agriculture Technical Institute of
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Stock
Meigs County
Judith
Meegan
Ethan
Pool Hours Announced for Nelsonville Municipal Pool
Tommy McMannis, manager, releases the week’s schedule. The pool operates 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, with closure on Monday.
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Nelsonville
Tommy McMannis
Municipal Swimming Pool
Firemen Add to Parade in Nelsonville
Nelsonville firemen added unscheduled entertainment to the Parade of the Hills Coronation Parade by answering two calls. A bus motor on Fayette Street fueled a fire with unknown cause, and at 8:45 p.m. a gasoline leak on a Kroger lot car prompted a second response.
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Fayette Street
Athens City
Kroger
Emergency runs report multiple medical incidents in city
Emergency units responded Sunday afternoon to several medical situations. Grace Eck, 91, of 61 Avon Place, was en route to O Bleness with a possible stroke. Helen Clark, 43, of 369 Richland Ave, was moved from 351 Richland Ave to O Bleness, then ill. A woman was taken from a McDonald's to O Bleness around 11 12 pm Saturday while returning home. An unknown patient required assistance near the north edge of the city for an injured leg as a car passed by.
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Avon Place
O Bleness
Helen Clark
Richland Ave
Richland
McDonald's
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