Meigs County approves jail bond for ballot measure
Meigs County Commissioners unanimously approved placing a 2.95 mill bond issue, about 9 million dollars over 30 years, on the May 2 primary ballot to finance a new Meigs Corrections Facility at the former Veterans Memorial Hospital site in Pomeroy. The plan includes housing for 62 inmates and potential revenue from housing outside agencies, with estimated annual levy revenue around 1.14 million.
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Wood
Scott Trussell
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Middleport
Sheriff’s Office
Stark
Morrow
Butler
Federal agent claim sparks brawl at Lakewood bar
Police cite Christopher Rubin for misdemeanor disorderly conduct by intoxication after a late night scuffle at Game On on Detroit Avenue. Rubin claimed he was a federal agent and said everyone in the bar belonged to the Illuminati while being escorted out. He punched a man who fought back, then was restrained until officers arrived. Rubin has prior reckless driving and disorderly conduct arrests from Virginia and New York.
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Lakewood
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Virginia
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Inmate Floods Cell and Attacks Officers in Ashtabula Jail
Ikeem O. Hill 20 of Ashtabula faces added charges after flooding his jail cell with toilet water and elbowing biting and kicking officers at the Justice Center. Hill had been jailed on resisting arrest and related counts and caused minor injuries to staff when subdued and restrained. Community Ambulance responded but no one was transported.
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Ikeem O. Hill
Robert Stell
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Stell
Woman robs Middletown CVS for Percocet at gunpoint
A white female suspect, about 5 feet 8 inches, wearing a black gray sweatshirt and black pajama bottoms, robbed the CVS Pharmacy on Breie Boulevard late Monday night. She demanded Percocet while armed with a handgun, then fled west on Lewis Street. Police are seeking tips.
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CVS Pharmacy
Breie! Boulevard
Lewis Street
Moonville Rail Trail seeks over 500000 in state grants
Moonville trail group MRTA led by president Brian Blair with Vinton County Commissioners seeks more than 500000 in state grants to fund new bridges on the old line linking Hope Zaleski Moonville Mineral and beyond. Grants target LTAP and ODNR programs with needs for engineering design and a 5 percent match. about 10000 visitors visit the Moonville Tunnel yearly, Blair says, urging more regional tourism support for Zaleski.
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MRTA
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ODNR
Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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Vinton County
Michael Bledsoe
Moonville Tunnel
Zaleski
Police: Columbus mom falsely reported child missing
An Ohio woman, Jessica Pickett of Columbus, is charged with falsification after falsely claiming her 4-year-old daughter Janglia Fails was missing to speed a search for her car. The girl was later found safe with her aunt. state officials took custody of three children.
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FBI
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Amy Glaze
Columbus
Ohio
WBNS
Jessica Pickett
Janglia Fails
North Fourth Street
Authoriics
Pickett
Franklin County Children Services
Athens County Library 2016 Financial Report Released
The 2016 financial report for Athens County Libraries is complete and open for inspection at the fiscal officer’s office at 95 W. Washington St in Nelsonville. Weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A copy can be provided upon request.
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