Storm cleanup spreads across Athens and Meigs counties
Flood damage affects Route 50A and Franklin Street homes, garages, and businesses. In Meigs County Letart Falls area a tornado-like event damages homes and farm buildings while bridges wash out and debris blocks roads. Authorities report power outages and widespread cleanup efforts by volunteers and emergency crews.
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Franklin Street
Mineral
Athens County
Vinton County
Robinette
Lake Hope
Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
Meigs County
Letart Falls
Arnold Hupp
Hupp
Virgil Roush
Roush
James Ray Hill
Gerald Hann
Albany
County Rd
Hann
Donald Weidner
State Patrol
Weidner
Richland Avenue
Athens Fire Department
Richland
Dairy Lane
Hocking
Youth Wounded in Hunting Accident Near Coolville
A Cleveland youth identified as Joe McGoye was accidentally shot in the head and shoulders while six people hunted groundhogs near Coolville, Athens County. Boop fired across a car hood, sending bullet fragments through the roof. McGoye was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg. Deputies also reported thefts of gasoline and tools and a series of storm-related power and flood impacts across Meigs, Gallia, Vinton, and Hocking counties.
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Cleveland
Coolville
Athens County
Sheriff's Deputies
Joe McGoye
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
McGoye
Albert Everett
Athens Route 3
Charles McAlister
the Plains
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Chuck Dailey
Route 50
Athens
Nelsonville
Tommy McMannis
Wilbur Riggs
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio University
West State Street
John Genter
Elmwood
West Union Street
O’bleness
Jack Coon
Coon
Hooper Street
Cable Lane
Shannon Avenue
Ron Reichard
The
General Telephone Co
Reichard
Berean Community Players, Inc
Fort St
Roberta Adler
Vernon Donahue
Dallas Hill
Rutland
Burlingham
Pomeroy
Racine
Portland
Gallia County
Bulnville Road
Sheriff's Office
Cheshire
James Gavin
McArthur
Ann Scott
Bob Molihan
Scott
Dick McDaniel
Lake Hope State Park
Hocking County
Ohio Power Co
Tar Hollow
Emergency
Gretchen Barstow
W. Carpenter St
Ill
O'Bleness
Jesse Moore
Garfield Drive
Secems
Jim Corbin
Zaleski
University Hospital
Columbus
Perry Ayers
Betty Craddock
Long Meadow Lane
Edna Henson
Mount St. Mary
Shelby General Hospital
Marietta
Cathy Shea
Spreading Oaks Trailer Court
America
Americans
Columbia Gas
Arctic
Columbia
Athens Chamber of Commerce