Hocking College Denies Rape. Prosecutor Says Not So Fast
Hocking College spokesman Mike Brown says no rape occurred and no charges will be filed. Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn counters that the investigation is not closed and notes false reports from Brown. The Messenger confirms media inquiries and awaits further development on the case.
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Two Die In Separate Meigs County Crashes Over Weekend
Two men perished in separate traffic crashes in Meigs County during the holiday weekend. Wayne J. Pauley, 61, of Pomeroy, died in a one vehicle accident on Route 143 about six miles from the Route 3 intersection.
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Obituary notices list area residents across several towns
Evelyn Napper 92 of Wilkesville Betty Landis 87 formerly of Athens Scott Hook 57 of Nelsonville Sarah Fick 29 formerly of Logan Ashiah Chambers 4Creole Billy Yeater 83 Belpre Joseph Van Allen 90 Wellston Edith Erdman 112 Belpre James Avery 70 Lancaster appear in Page A5 obituaries listing deaths across the region with ages and towns of residence.
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Evelyn Napper
Wilkesville
Betty Landis
Athens
Scott Hook
Nelsonville
Sarah Fick
Logan
Ashiah Chambers
Creole
Billy Yeater
Belpre
Joseph van Allen
Wellston
Edith Erdman
James Avery
Lancaster
Albany Independent Fair kicks off in Albany this week
The Albany Independent Fair begins Wednesday featuring motor enduro registration at 5 p.m. and events through Sunday including livestock shows for local youth, concerts by Valerie and Lincoln Mash and Rarely Herd, derbies, pulls, a parade, and overlaps with the Ohio Pawpaw Festival at Lake Snowden.
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Fulton
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Athens Conservancy seeks grant for more bikeway land
Athens Conservancy plans to apply for Clean Ohio Conservation Fund money to buy 26 acres along the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, including 4.6 acres of riparian forest near the Hocking River in York Two. Athens County Commissioners approved a support letter. If funded, the purchase follows a 22 acre earlier buy near the Elias M. and Therese Erb Poston Nature Preserve. Cantino cites protecting bike path views and notes no purchase contract yet.
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