Amateur and Experienced Painting Fair Judging Results
Junior Painting Animal Study: 1st - Hannah Crane Floral Study: 1st - Natalie Davis Picture From Life: 1st - Landan...
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Amateur Photography Fair Judging Results
Adults Color 8 x 10 Landscape: 1st - Mary Brown 2nd - Shannon M. Brown Animals Including Wildlife: 1st -...
Grange Exhibits and Domestic Arts Fair Judging Results
Grange Exhibit Grange Exhibit Senior: 1st - Star Grange 2nd - Hemlock Grange 3rd - Racine Grange Grange Exhibit Junior:...
Ohio State Parks Duck Blind Lotteries Set for Aug. 16
COLUMBUS, OH - More than 290 permits are available to hunters wishing to construct a blind to hunt ducks and...
Gallipolis Career College Appoints New Director of Education
Gallipolis Career College is proud to announce that Denny Daugherty has been promoted to Director of Education. Daugherty has been...
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Baking and Canning Fair Judging Results
Preserves Peach: 1st - Amber Ridenour Cherry: 1st - Maxine Dyer Pear: 1st - Maxine Dyer 2nd - Opal Dyer...
Meigs County Fair Kicks Off with Parade and Crowning
MEIGS COUNTY - Yesterday the Meigs County fair kicked off with its annual parade and the crowning of the fair...
Emergence of Deer Ticks and Lyme Disease in Ohio: Now What?
Sept 10: Emergence of Deer Ticks and Lyme Disease in Ohio: Now What? Battelle Darby Creek MetroPark Nature Center 1775...
Scam Alert Issued by Ohio Valley Bank
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio—Ohio Valley Bank has received reports from residents of two telephone scams circulating in our communities. Persons have reported...
In the Open: Take Another Look at Groundhogs
In the Open By Jim Freeman This weekend we are going to look at the lowly groundhog, or marmota monax....
100 Years of Changing Lives
Meigs County Commissioners signed a Resolution honoring the 100th year of Extension work during their meeting on August 7, 2014....
Peoples Bancorp to Expand Presence in Ohio
MARIETTA and WILMINGTON, OHIO - Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Company”) (NASDAQ: PEBO), parent company of Peoples Bank, National Association (collectively with...
The Patrol Reminds Drivers to Watch for Stopped School Busses During New School Year
COLUMBUS– With the new academic year approaching for Ohio students, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to be...
Meigs County Comissoners Meeting
The Meigs County Commissioners met once again for their weekly meeting at the Pomeroy Courthouse on July 31, 2014. The...
Multi-state Challenge Kicks off to Reduce Traffic Deaths and Injuries
COLUMBUS – In an effort to reduce traffic deaths and injuries, the Ohio State Highway Patrol will take part in...
Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Find Meth and Marijuana
Sheriff Keith O. Wood reports, on July 30, 2014, Deputies discovered several Methamphetamine labs at two separate locations in Rutland...
Tolliver to run for RedStorm
RIVERSIDE, Ohio - University of Rio Grande director of track & field/cross country Steve Gruenberg has announced the signing of...
2014 Meigs County Fair Royalty Candidates
Livestock Prince Candidate Steven Fitzgerald (11) from Long Bottom is the son of Shawn and Kimberlee Fitzgerald. He is a...
Donation Made to Holzer Cardiovascular Institute and Holzer Heritage Foundation
Holzer Heart 5K Run/Walk recently presented donation checks to Holzer Heritage Foundation, to use towards the establishment of the Holzer...
Relay For Life Event Invites Survivors to Celebration
American Cancer Society Gallia County Relay For Life would like to invite all Cancer Survivors to a Celebration in Honor...
Meth Lab Discovered in Middleport
Tony Chapell Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports the discovery of a meth lab and subsequent arrest of three individuals...
No Bighead or Silver Asian Carp Found in Muskingum River Sampling
COLUMBUS, OH - An extensive effort to search three Ohio rivers found none of the invasive species of bighead or...
In the Open
Written specially for the Meigs Independent Press by Jim Freeman Digging wild ginseng, or “sanging” to use the vernacular, is...
Suspect Caught Stealing Gas
Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that his office responded to a call from a concerned resident on Briar Ridge...
New Ownership Takes Over for Local Publications
Carrie Gloeckner, left, congratulates Catherine Wolfe, right, on her ownership of the Meigs Independent Press and the Gallia Hometown Herald....
