Father and son charged in purse theft in Athens
Donald M. Gilmore and his son Zyon K. Gilmore, both held on $5,000 bonds in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, face second degree robbery and complicity to robbery charges after a 70 year old woman was robbed on West Union Street Athens. The incident occurred October 28 when a man grabbed the purse, knocking the victim to the ground, and fleeing toward a waiting truck. The purse and phone were recovered and both suspects were arrested in Chauncey. Preliminary hearings are set for November 7 at 2 p.m. in Athens County Municipal Court.
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Pageville Road
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Destry Flick
Chauncey
Gilmores
Athens County
Courthouse and County Home coverages diverge in Athens County
Athens County commissioners chose different coverage types for two historic buildings. They will pay higher annual costs after selecting reproduction coverage for the County Home but not the Courthouse, with CORSA providing the overall risk-sharing framework for the county.
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Eliason
Athens County Job and Family Services
County Risk Sharing Authority
CORSA
Athens Veterans Day Parade Scheduled for November 11
The Athens Annual Veterans Day Parade will on Friday November 11 begin at 11 a.m. Float and banner judging and prizes are planned. Parade forms at Morris Avenue 9 15 a.m. and starts at 10 a.m. along East State Street to Carpenter Street and Court Street ending at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Ohio University campus.
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Athens
East State Street
Carpenter Street
Court Street
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Ohio University
Nelsonville York Board to Hold Special Meeting
The Nelsonville York City Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 3, to discuss staff employment and other matters. The session will take place in the Board of Education room at Nelsonville York Elementary School.
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Nelsonville- York City
Lee Two trustees cancel Nov. 8 meeting
Albany report says the Lee Two Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday November 15 at 7 p.m. in the Township Building Albany. The regularly scheduled November 8 meeting is canceled.
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Albany
Board of Trustees
County orders 50 percent load limit on Carthage Two roads
Athens County Commissioners approved a 50 percent load-limit reduction on a dozen Carthage Two roads from Nov 8 to Apr 30 to protect roads during freeze-thaw. Roads affected include Glazier Warner Dog Hollow Greiner Kincade Blackwood Jordan Run Dixon Dutch Ridge Calaway Ridge Bristol and East West Robinson. Signs will be posted. Trustees requested the measure over fears logging traffic will damage the roads. Also Trimble Local School District moved its Board of Education meeting from Nov 15 to Nov 22 at 6 p.m. at Trimble High School.
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Athens County
Glazier
Warner
Dog Hollow
Greiner
Kincade
Blackwood
Jordan Run
Dixon
Dutch Ridge
Calaway Ridge
Bristol
Robinson Roads
One Arrested in Suspect Drug Trafficking Operation
Nearly a dozen Ohio University students were questioned in the week before the Halloween Block Party about suspected drug trafficking. Lucas Meehan, 27, a OU student, was arrested in Fairfield County on three felony cocaine trafficking counts with a $750,000 bond. Police seized Meehan’s BMW and cash after searches of three Athens homes.
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Ohio University
Lucas Meehan
Fairfield County
Athens County
Athens
Meehan
Athens County adopts sustainability roadmap after tweaks
Athens County Commissioners unanimously adopt a Sustainability Roadmap outlining goals for energy efficiency renewable energy waste and water management with advisory non binding targets. The plan evolved from the Community Energy Savers program with changes to leadership wording and timeline adjustments to 2017 2020 and related aims.
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Athens County
Charlie Adkins
Miranda Kindler
Chris Chmiel
Amesville
Gary Goosman
Adkins
Lenny Eliason
American Electric Power
Ohio
Columbia Gas
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