Athens County wins grant for rail trail bridge and park access
Athens County is awarded a 5 107 422 grant from the Clean Ohio Trails Fund to clear 5.3 miles of the Athens Belpre Rail Trail, replace a Skunk Run bridge, and build a new parking lot linking Frost Road to Ireland Road. Total cost 143 229 with a 35 807 local match.
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Clean Ohio Trails Fund
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Miranda Kindler
ODNR
B&o
Skunk Run
Kindler
Frost Road
Ireland Road
Troy Two Road
Frost Hill
Shelly & Sands Construction
Hocking County
David Gedeon
Athens Conservancy
Hocking River Commission
Gedeon
River Commission
Hocking River
Ferndale Park
Torch
John Knouse
Dave Schatz
Gentile and Hoagland clash in Ohio Senate race 30th district
The 30th Senate district race pits incumbent Lou Gentile and challenger Frank Hoagland for votes in Belmont Carroll Harrison Jefferson Meigs Monroe Noble Washington and parts of Athens and Vinton counties. Gentile touts jobs growth school funding and infrastructure while Hoagland emphasizes small business support safe schools and tougher drug penalties.
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Lou Gentile
Steubenville
Frank Hoagland
Mingo Junction
Gentile
Hoagland
Alex Bilchak
Eastern
Southeastern Ohio
League of Women Voters of
Athens County
Senate
Common Sense
Ohio
South America
Cord
Appalachia
30Th
State Senate
Iman
Columbus
Belmont
Carroll
Harrison, Jefferson
Meigs
Monroe, Noble
Washington Counties
Vinton County
Suspect in Ohio slayings set for 2017 trial
Shawn Grate, linked to the deaths of at least four women in Ohio, has a trial date set for November 6, 2017 in Ashland County Common Pleas Court. The final pretrial hearing is September 29. Grate is charged in two deaths found in a vacant Ashland house and is alleged to have confessed to two other killings.
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Ashland
County Common Pleas Court
Shawn Grate
Grate
Halloween Block Party in Athens Sees 100 Plus Cited or Arrested
Athens Police and Ohio University police issued numerous citations over Friday and Saturday for the Halloween block party. The combined effort resulted in about 100 plus arrests or citations, including assaults on officers and obstructive charges, with liquor control and emergency services also reporting multiple actions. The event ended around 2 45 a m on Court Street.
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Athens
Ohio University Police
Ohio Department
Top Stories from Athens Messenger Oct 24 30 Highlights
Major items include a bus driver accused of raping a 5 year old, a longtime drug dealer sentenced, a bank robbery at Hocking Valley Bank, and community trick or treat times. Also noted are a Bulls costume run on Court Street, a Nelsonville fight tied to a drug probe, TWC Champs, Jaws of Life gear aiding a rescue, a guilty murder verdict in Albany, and a Nelsonville woman striking a deal to avoid prison.
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Hocking Valley
Court Street
Nelsonville
TWC
Jaws of Life
Albany
Trustees to Meet This Thursday at Fire Station
The Columbia Two trustees will meet this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the fire station.
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Columbia
Carpenter
Athens Libraries to screen Audrie and Daisy at two branches
Athens Public Libraries host two showings of Audrie and Daisy, a documentary on sexual assault captured on camera. The Athens Library screening is 6 p.m. on Nov 3 and The Plains Library screening is 6 p.m. on Nov 15, with OHIO University Women’s Center, Survivor Advocacy Program and Sexual Assault Prevention Program staff facilitating post screening talks.
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Athens County Public Libraries
Audrie & Daisy
Athens
Plains
Ohio University Women’s Center
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