Firefighters Save Pets at Tornado Road Structure Fire
Firefighters working on the structure fire. Photo by Madalyn Wood. RACINE, Ohio - Two fire departments responded to a house...
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Law Enforcement Officers go Shopping with Area Youth
Meigs County Sheriff’s Deputies along with other area law enforcement officers went shopping with area youth before Christmas. Photo by...
Deputy’s Notebook: November 2017
(Editor’s note: The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Deputies respond to all sorts of calls. The notebook is a listing of...
Sheriff’s Office responds to man allegedly holding family at gun point
David O. McCormick STAFF REPORT POMEROY, Ohio - Accirding to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood on December 4, 2017, at...
Law enforcement agencies net third largest drug bust since task force inception
Sheriff tells drug dealers they aren’t wanted in Meigs Drugs and cash law enforcement says were discovered during the execution...
Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting
Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. STAFF REPORT MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio - Law enforcement are investigating a shooting. According to a statement...
Multiple agencies participate in closing down alleged ‘bearbaiting’
LONG BOTTOM, Ohio - Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that on Saturday, November 11, 2017, the Ohio Department of...
Convicted heroin dealer sentenced to prison, caught with 2,000 grams of heroin
POMEROY, Ohio - A man has been convicted and sentenced for trafficking heroin in Meigs County, Ohio on Nov....
Ritchhart sentenced in two cases involving felonious assault, abduction and children
April Ritchhart, left, discusses her case with her attorney, Karyn Justice, right. Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. POMEROY, Ohio – April...
Deputies respond to three domestic calls in an hour, one involving a house fire
MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio - In a night that had law enforcement responding to 3 separate domestic calls, one of them...
One taken into custody following structure fire
SYRACUSE, Ohio – Two departments responded to a structure fire in Syracuse on Oct. 19, 2017. A duplex on Fourth...
Multiple agencies participate in search for missing man
Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that his office received a report on...
Lesson in local government: Commissioners hold meeting at Southern High School
RACINE, Ohio – The Meigs County Commissioners held their weekly meeting this week while also educating Southern High School students...
Law enforcement training held in Middleport
MIDDLEPORT, Ohio - Various law enforcement agencies came together for a training Sept. 26, 2017 in Middleport, Ohio. According to...
Coolville man convicted of attempting to meet 13-year-old for sex
POMEROY, Ohio – An Athens County man has been convicted for attempting to meet a 13-year-old for sex in Meigs...
Three warrants issued for arrest
POMEROY, Ohio - The Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney has announced several warrants have been issued. On September 20, 2017, the...
Bailey sentenced for trafficking drugs
Michael Bailey leaving the courtroom following sentencing. Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. POMEROY, Ohio - One man has been sentenced for...
$3 million in grants for DART and QRT teams awarded to address opioid epidemic
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this morning 40 law enforcement departments and their partners will receive...
Alleged shooting leads to discovery of meth lab
LANGSVILLE, Ohio – What started out as a report of a possible shooting turned into the discovery of an alleged...
One man dead following crash on Bashan Road
Emergency crews responded to a fatal crash on Bashan Road on Sept. 2, 3017 just outside of Racine, Ohio. Photo...
Multiple agencies respond to jack-knifed semi truck crash
Crews responded Sept. 1, 2017 to the scene of a semi truck crash. Photo courtesy of the Pomeroy Fire Department....
St Rt 681 gas fire out, road still closed
Before being extinguished, pillar of fire could be glimpsed through the trees as officials were monitoring the situation and kept...
Prosecutor announces warrants issued
POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James Stanley has announced several warrants have been issued in connection with various...
Suspicious shooting death self-inflicted
Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. POMEROY, Ohio - The Meigs County Sheriff has given an update on the suspicious death of...
Meigs Sheriff investigating ‘suspicious’ death
MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio - The Meigs County Sheriff's Office is on the scene of what is being called a "suspicious...
