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Phonetic pre-school opening in Pomeroy
POMEROY — A new phonetic pre-school program will be opening in Pomeroy in September with Brenda Barnhart, longtime kindergarten teacher, as the administrator. The pre-school will be located in a section of the Restoration Fellowship Church at 526 Mulberry Heights Road in Pomeroy. Barnhart said that the class in her Little Lamb Phonetic Pre-School will be restricted to 15 students and conducted 3.5 hours, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday, Wednesday...
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Patrol focuses on motorcycle safety and enforcement
COLUMBUS — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. From 2010-2012, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in 509 fatalities and more than 11,480 injuries in the state of Ohio. In 2012 alone there were 165 motorcycle-rela...
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One person arrested in connection with Middleport math lab
MIDDLEPORT — One person has been arrested following a two month investigation into the possible manufacture of methamphetamine. Richard A. Hill Jr., 42, of Middleport was arrested on Wednesday evening about two hours after a search warrant was executed at his residence on North Second Avenue. Hill was not at the residence when Middleport Police Officers executed the search warrant. During the search officers found all of the precursors ...
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<p>Katie Alexander, new director for Meigs senior volunteer programs.</p>
COAD provides director for Meigs RSVP
POMEROY — The Meigs County Council on Aging’s Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), discontinued last year due to federal and state funding cuts, is being reactivated by the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD). Katie Alexander, a native of Gallia County, has been employed by COAD to resume senior volunteer activities. The Yesteryear program where seniors teach Meigs County fifth graders the skills of generations past is...
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Commissioners open bids on EOC building project
POMEROY — The Meigs County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) became a step closer to reality last week as the commissioners opened bids on the project. A total of six bids were received on the estimated $640,000 base bid project. Two alternates were also added to the bid package for the project. Those alternatives include a holding tank for sanitary sewer and a concrete parking lot. Bids were received as follows: Brenmar Construction, J...
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Unemployment rates continue to decline in Meigs, Gallia
OHIO VALLEY — Unemployment rates in both Gallia and Meigs counties continued to decline in March, marking two consecutive months of declining rates. Meigs County saw a little more than a half percent decrease to 12.2 percent. The county had been at 12.8 percent in February, and 14.4 percent in January. The rate is still higher than the December 2012 rate of 10.9 percent. Gallia County’s unemployment rate fell from 8.6 percent in February ...
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Meigs County Cleanup Day scheduled
POMEROY — Meigs County residents will have a chance to do some spring cleaning and get rid of junk, electronics, tires and personal documents for free at the Meigs County Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. The event is being made possible by the Meigs County Board of Commissioners, Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District, Meigs County Health Department, Rumpke, Shred Devil and the Gallia...
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‘It Starts Here’ program helps local business expand
POMEROY — The nationally known Snowville Creamery in Meigs County is continuing to grow and add jobs with help from the local “It Starts Here” revolving loan fund for businesses. Perry Varnadoe, Meigs County’s economic development director, advises that the Meigs County Community Improvement Corporation, along with USDA Rural Development, sponsors the “It Starts Here” local revolving loan fund which is geared to assist current and aspiring ...
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DJFS seeks summer program participation
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) is looking to follow-up on a very successful year for their summer youth employment program and is encouraging interested youth to participate in this year’s program. The summer youth employment program allows area business to hire local low-income youth, ages 15-24, for the summer and to be completely reimbursed for the wages expended for the youth involved. Acco...
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Meigs DAR regent attends state conference
POMEROY — Opal Greuser, regent of Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), attended the 114th annual conference of the Ohio Society, National DAR, held recently in Columbus. The conference opened with a banquet on Friday night which included period music played by Bob Bellamy on his hammer dulcimer and the National Defense address by Charlotte Marky. Exhibits were displayed for viewing by those attending. ...
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Officials respond to pipe bomb near Danville
MEIGS COUNTY — Officials with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, Salem Township Fire Department and the Columbus Bomb Squad responded to a call of a pipe bomb at a residence near Danville on the west end of Meigs County Saturday afternoon according to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Deputy Mark Griffin said that a call came into the Sheriff’s Office at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday from a female on the western end of Meigs County. ...
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Deputies, CPS investigate community drug tips
MEIGS COUNTY — Deputies have been busy this week investigating several children’s services tips. Meigs County County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that his office, along with Child Protective Services, responded to a call in Dexter on Monday, April 22, resulting in the arrest of Shane Caudil. Child Protective Services received information stating that Caudil had been collecting the materials needed to produce methamphetamine and intended to ...
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Local Boston Strong Run set for Sunday
POINT PLEASANT —Local runners will honor the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon tragedy with a Boston Strong Run on Sunday, April 28. The informal run starts at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. Organizers are encouraging all local runners in the tri-county area to join them for what’s been called the “Boston Strong Mason, Gallia, Meigs Run.” The Boston Strong Run is part of a movement across the country to rem...
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Masterworks Chorale delivers ‘A Night with Gilbert & Sullivan’
RIO GRANDE — The annual spring concert of the University of Rio Grande’s Masterworks Chorale will feature the acclaimed work of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan, in conjunction with the Voice Studio of Valerie Tanner and Acting I students. The free concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center’s Alphus Christensen Theatre. “I am so excited about this semester’s collaboration between the choral...
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Online Cutest Kids Contest begins Sunday
OHIO VALLEY — Do you think your kids are cute? Maybe your grandchild is just the most adorable angel? Well, the “Cutest Kids Contest”, sponsored by The Daily Sentinel, Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Point Pleasant Register, can give you those bragging rights in southeast Ohio. Beginning Sunday, April 28, you can enter your child or grandchild through one of our local news websites, www.mydailysentinel.com, www.mydailytribune.com or www.my...
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<p>Meigs Local School Board member Ron Logan presents awards for achievements to Olivia Goble and Austin Mahr.</p>
Meigs Board recognizes achievements, awards contracts
POMEROY — Recognition of outstanding students and the awarding of contracts to teaching and administrative personnel for the 2013-14 school year were highlights of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Meigs Local Board of Education at the Meigs Intermediate School. Preceding the business session, several students were recognized for academic accomplishments and service in the new “Giving Back” program started at the Intermediate school this year ...
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Four arrested following drug discovery
SYRACUSE — A traffic stop for running a stop sign turned into much more on Tuesday evening. Syracuse Police Chief Garry Freed and Patrolman Mike Smith conducted a traffic stop at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday after a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign located at Worchester and Second streets in the Village of Syracuse. That stop resulted in the discovery of drugs, syringes and drug paraphernalia. The driver of the vehicle was identified as John ...
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John Carey
Carey named Ohio Chancellor of the Board of Regents
COLUMBUS — One of the most familiar faces on the campus of Shawnee State University, and a former southern Ohio voice in the Ohio House of Representatives, is about to embark on the next step in his career. John Carey, Assistant to the President for Government Relations and Strategic Initiatives at Shawnee State University, was tapped late Tuesday afternoon by Ohio Governor John Kasich to serve as Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents. As...
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‘Not guilty’ verdicts returned in Corfias murder trial
GALLIPOLIS — Following nearly three days of testimony, a jury found Semaki G. Corfias not guilty of murder and tampering with evidence on Wednesday afternoon. Following nearly four hours of deliberation, a jury returned with its not guilty verdict for Corfias, 52, Gallipolis, who was alleged to have stabbed and killed Thomas Marr last February at Marr’s residence near Kanauga. Marr, 29, was found unresponsive by first responders just befo...
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Marcy Craig enters guilty plea, to serve eight years
POMEROY — A year after the crime was committed, the second defendant in the string of gas station robberies has entered a guilty plea to the charges. Marcy R. Craig, 38, formerly of Long Bottom, entered a guilty plea to the three-count indictment. Craig had been scheduled to stand trial next week on the charges. Craig was charged with three counts of aggravated robbery for aiding and abetting her brother, Alex, in three armed robberies ...
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Middleport to seek funding for riverfront trail
MIDDLEPORT – Another step toward developing a mile-long walking and bike trail along the Ohio River from the Dairy Queen to Custer Street has been taken by Middleport Village Council. At Monday night’s meeting, Council appointed Mayor Michael Gerlach to serve as agent in applying for funding for the project. To have an agent is a requirement before applications can be filed. It was emphasized in the meeting that the trail development will...
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Officer resigns from Pomeroy Police Department
POMEROY — The Pomeroy Police Officer at the center of a controversy involving the now former Mayor of Pomeroy earlier this year has resigned from the department. Officer Kyle Calendine’s resignation was approved by a 5-1 vote following a more than 30-minute executive session during Monday’s regular meeting. Calendine was drawn into the national media spotlight briefly in February amid allegations of discrimination against his sexual prefere...
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Hearings, trial set in Marcy Craig and Alex Craig cases
POMEROY — The siblings charged in connection with the armed robbery of three Meigs County gas stations a year ago are due back in a Meigs County court room this month. Alex Craig, 27, formerly of Racine, will be re-sentenced on Wednesday on the final two counts of aggravated robbery. Craig’s hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. Craig entered a guilty plea in August of 2012 to three counts of aggravated robbery, first degree felonies. At the t...
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National Day of Prayer plans observance
POMEROY — Meigs County’s National Day of Prayer events will kick off Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. when Christians from across the county will circle the Meigs County Courthouse and pray for our county and its leaders. At 4 p.m. the traditional reading of the scriptures will begin from the parking lot stage and continue until 10 p.m. and then will be continued on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. On Thursday, May ...
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