WOUB Makes Pomeroy Documentary Available on YouTube
WOUB Makes Pomeroy Documentary Available on YouTube POMEROY, Ohio – WOUB Public Media continues its YouTube release of locally-produced documentaries...
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MLK Day: ‘Anyone Can Be Great, Because Anyone Can Serve’
MLK Day: 'Anyone Can Be Great, Because Anyone Can Serve' By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman COLUMBUS, Ohio -- From young students...
First Hand Account of Ground Zero on 9/11 from a Meigs County Resident
First Hand Account of Ground Zero on 9/11 from a Meigs County Resident By Glenn Kelly To many when we...
Meigs County Teen Participates in 9/11 Memorial Climb
Hannah Smith, far right, poses along with her father, Shannon Smith, and others that participated in the annual memorial climb...
Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Victims of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Victims of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks COLUMBUS, Ohio — In honor of the lives...
Tax Credits and Rehabilitation of Older Commercial Buildings Informational Meeting Set
Tax Credits and Rehabilitation of Older Commercial Buildings Informational Meeting Set COLUMBUS, Ohio – Heritage Ohio will hold an informational...
Buffington Island Battlefield Memorial Service set for July 20, 2019
Scenes from the 155th Anniversary Memorial Service of the Battle of Buffington Island. Photo by Carrie Gloeckner. PORTLAND, Ohio -...
Remembering Morgan’s Raid
Remembering Morgan’s Raid July 2, 1863, marked the beginning of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s 1,000 plus mile raid in Sparta,...
50 Years Later, Neil Armstrong’s Walk on the Moon Still Inspires
At Tranquility Base - On July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. Photo courtesy...
Pomeroy Ponzi
Pomeroy Ponzi “If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool. Realize the person trusted...
Memorial Day and Remembrance
Memorial Day has come to be the unofficial start to summer. In Meigs County, bikers from all over our region...
The Bridgeman Family: Part 2
In last week's article the Bridgeman family was discussed along witha brief history of the tree planted by Emory Bridgeman before his departure for the...
Bridgeman Family: Part 1
One family with a long, rich history in Syracuse is the Bridgeman family. This article is the first of two, covering...
Peter Niswonger: Indian fighter, hunter, squatter, brandy maker
Peter Niswonger: Indian fighter, hunter, squatter, brandy maker Last Friday, the Chester-Shade Historical Association held their annual benefit dinner with...
Civil War skirmish held during Meigs Co. Bicentennial Celebration
A canon is fired during the skirmish in Pomeroy, Ohio. Photo by Madalyn Wood. Civil War skirmish held during Meigs...
Abigail Graves: Meigs County’s G.I. Nightingale
Abigail Graves: Meigs County’s G.I. Nightingale It’s said to be better to be thought a fool and keep your mouth closed than to...
Meigs County Bicentennial schedule set for the weekend
POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County will be celebrating this coming weekend with a celebration that includes Civil War reenactors, a...
Early salt mining history in the Ohio Valley
Early salt mining history in the Ohio Valley "In 1794, when salt was worth from $6 to $8 a bushel, he projected...
Rio professor to host Community Book Club
Professor of History Dr. Sam Wilson is teaming up with Bossard Library in Gallipolis to begin a book club focusing...
Buckeye Girls State delegates chosen
From left to right, JoAnne Newsome, Butch Blankenship, Hailey Blankenship, John Matson, Addalynne Matson, Lindsay Matson, Raeven Reede & Rhonda...
Joshua Gardner and the Fugitive Slave Case that went to the Supreme Court
Joshua Gardner and the Fugitive Slave Case that went to the Supreme Court The Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and...
Meigs history groups host Ohio Local History Alliance Region 9 meeting
Meigs history groups host Ohio Local History Alliance Region 9 meeting MIDDLEPORT, Ohio - Sharing information on local history brought...
Remembering James McHenry Jones
James McHenry Jones February is recognized as Black History Month. In the book about early African American education in West Virginia by Carter G....
Political climate of 1860
When running for the Illinois Senate against Steven Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous “A house divided cannot stand” speech....
Early Spring? Buckeye Chuck thinks so
Buckeye Chuck says winter will continue six more weeks. File photo. MARION, Ohio - Ohio’s own groundhog did not see...
