Pomeroy Christmas Parade Continues to Grow
POMEROY - The Pomeroy Christmas Parade continues to grow each year, and this year was no exception. Crowds gathered to...
Month: November 2015
Attorney General DeWine Offers Five Tips to Avoid Scams While Shopping Online
(COLUMBUS) - As consumers shop online during Cyber Monday and throughout the holiday season, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is...
Food For Fines and Holiday Events at the Library
The Meigs County District Public library is doing the Food for Fines and Presents for Puppies programs again this year...
In the Open: ODNR Enlists Trapper for gray Fox study
In the Open By Jim Freeman The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife is looking for a few...
Ohio’s Young Hunters Harvest more than 7,000 Deer during Youth Gun Season
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s young hunters checked 7,223 (171 were checked in Meigs County), white-tailed deer during the two-day youth...
Know Before You Go: Travel Safety Tips for Your Thanksgiving Holiday
The Thanksgiving week ahead is one typically filled with travel, a busy schedule and potentially bad weather. "Don't let this...
Fruth Pharmacy Customers Raise Over $5,000 for Breast Cancer Testing & Research
Point Pleasant, W.Va. – On November 5th, Fruth Pharmacy corporate offices received a special visit from Donna DeHart, Executive Director...
ODNR Takes Action to Monitor Chronic Wasting Disease in Ohio’s Deer Herd
COLUMBUS, OH - Portions of Holmes and Wayne counties have been declared a Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Area (DSA) as...
Rumpke Thanksgiving Collection Schedule
Rumpke residential waste and recycling collection for will not occur on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Service will be...
Honor Roll for Ohio Valley Christian School
*Denotes All As The following students made the A Honor Roll for the first nine weeks: First grade: *Zoey Addis,...
In the Open: Deer Fibromas Spotted on Area Deer
By Jim Freeman Deer fibromas, or deer warts, have been observed on several deer in the area, according to Meigs...
Delmus “Del” Farley, 79
Delmus “Del” Farley, 79, Wilkesville, Ohio passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. He was...
BBB Alert: Chip card scams
The new credit and debt chip cards are designed to reduce fraud, including counterfeiting. Now BBB and the Federal Trade...
Bruce D. Henson, 53
Bruce D. Henson, 53, of Gallipolis, Ohio passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at his residence. Bruce was born...
Task Force Makes Another Drug Related Arrest
Lewis G. Bryant MIDDLEPORT - The Task Force has made another arrest in Middleport. Chief Bruce D. Swift reports on...
VA and PenFed Foundation Work Together to Prevent Veteran Homelessness
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is teaming up with the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation (PenFed Foundation)...
Time to Comment on New Pesticide Applicator Rules Ends Nov. 23
COLUMBUS - Ohio pesticide applicators have until Nov. 23 to voice their opinions on a set of proposals from the...
Attorney General’s Conference to Focus on Veterans Legal Advocacy
COLUMBUS - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Buckeye Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America will be co-sponsoring...
Local Volunteers Join Samaritan’s Purse to Collect 2,300 Shoebox Gifts for Children in Poverty Overseas
MIDDLEPORT - This month, three locations in the Meigs and Gallia County area will serve as collection sites for Operation...
John Orville Berger, age 75
John Orville Berger, age 75, of Cheshire, passed away on Wednesday November 4, 2015 at Holzer Medical Center. Born June...
Cheryl Ann Jackson Seward, 58
Cheryl Ann Jackson Seward, 58 of Bidwell, Ohio passed away Wednesday November 4, 2015 in The OSU Wexner Medical Center,...
Genevieve Bird Rush, 68
Genevieve Bird Rush, 68, of Racine, passed away at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015 at her residence. Born...
Ohioans Urged to Watch Out for Deer
COLUMBUS – It is not a new problem, but the state is reminding motorists to be on the look out...
Old or New, Halloween Events Prove Successful Around Meigs County
Activities at the furture home of the Meigs County Council on Aging in Middleport were livlely and well attended. Submitted...
Ohio and West Virginia Lead 14 States in Opposing Proposed Mining Regulations
COLUMBUS – Numerous state attorney generals have filed comments opposing a possible new rule aimed at protecting streams. They contend...
