2017 OSP Gallipolis Post Trooper of the Year Named
Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Russell L. Landrum GALLIPOLIS, Ohio - Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Russell L. Landrum has...
Courts and Police
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...
December Grand Jury Indictments
STAFF REPORT POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James K. Stanley announces that on December 6, 2017, the December...
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...
Alleged threat leads to arrest
POMEROY, Ohio - An alleged threat of violence has led to an arrest. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that...
Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting
Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. STAFF REPORT MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio - Law enforcement are investigating a shooting. According to a statement...
Children’s charity and its telemarketer accused of bilking $4.2 million from Ohio donors
Symbol of law and justice in the empty courtroom, law and justice concept. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Mike...
Ugly Christmas Sweater Games benefit to local programs
Wildlife Officer Chris Gilkey helped the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office last year with participating in Shop-with-a-Cop. The program is one...
Statement issued following rumors at school
POMEROY, Ohio – A statement has been issued from the law enforcement and the superintendent of a local high school...
Man convicted of vandalism at Middleport Jail, failure to appear
Andrew Robinson awaiting the trial to begin with his attorney, Denise Bunce. Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. POMEROY, Ohio – Following...
Jail officer placed on administrative leave following arrest for sexual battery
UPDATED INFORMATION MIDDLEPORT, Ohio – In a statement from the Village of...
Jail officer arrested, charged with count of alleged sexual battery
POMEROY, Ohio – A man that has served in two different positions involving corrections and probation has been arrested and...
Woman sentenced to prison in assault case
POMEROY, Ohio - A woman has been sentenced in an aggravated assault case. According to Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James...
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....
Several Meigs residents indicted by Nov. Gallia Grand Jury
(EDITOR’S NOTE: An indictment does not mean the suspect is guilty. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in...
Rio Campus Police honors Officer of the Year
The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College awarded Officer Mark Kinney as the campus police department’s officer...
One hundred suspects charged in 756-count drug trafficking indictment in Ohio
Charges Include Trafficking of Fentanyl, Carfentanil, Heroin, and Cocaine EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine joined members...
Former Ohio officer pleads guilty to charges related to fabricated shooting incident
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former officer with the Newcomerstown Police Department...
Meigs Grand Jury returns indictments on 27 individuals
POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James K. Stanley has released the November Grand Jury indictments. The Meigs County...
Rutland man arrested for alleged threat at Ohio University
Curtis Embrey ATHENS, Ohio – Shortly before noon on Nov. 6, 2017, officers from the Ohio University Police Department responded...
Fatal crash on Route 7 involving a pedestrian
CHESHIRE, Ohio - One person has died following a one vehicle crash on State Route 7 on Nov. 6,...
Meigs woman sentenced in bank theft case
Defendant claimed to have found bag containing more than $80,000 in her driveway COLUMBUS, Ohio – Bobbie A. Holter, 53,...
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...
