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Meth lab brought to Sheriff’s Office, deactivated
POMEROY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that an active methamphetamine lab was deactivated in a vehicle in the area of the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office on Second Street in Pomeroy on Thursday evening. Wood said a container with a tube coming out of the top was located by two residents in the Long Bottom area near their driveway. The suspicious container was brought to the sheriff’s office by the residents in a personal vehicle to...
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Meeting set for Thursday to address safety and drug problems
SYRACUSE — Several area agencies will be on hand Thursday evening for a meeting at the Syracuse Community Center to discuss several items related to safety of individuals and their homes. The meeting will be held from 7-8 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. Topics to be discussed include how to protect your house and property and how to help and protect your family from the drug problems in our community. Presenters scheduled to take...
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Wickersham arraigned on meth charges
POMEROY — Timothy Wickersham was arraigned in Meigs County Court on Thursday on two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine. The charges are both felonies of the first degree. Judge Steve Story appointed Charles Knight to represent Wickersham in the case. Bond was set at $25,000 as requested by Assistant Prosecutor Amanda Bizub-Franzmann. Story also ordered Wickersham to have no contact with the juveniles involved in the case. Wickers...
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Unveiling of Delay’s sculpture set for Sunday
MIDDLEPORT — The unveiling of the bronze sculpture created by artist Bob Delay and placed in the lobby of Middleport Village Hall will be unveiled in a public ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The life-size sculpture of a mother reading to her young child created by Delay, a noted sculptor, conveys the importance of education. The Middleport High School Alumni Association commissioned the sculpture to be given as a tribute to the teac...
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Second person arrested in connection with Racine meth lab
MEIGS COUNTY — A person wanted in connection with a methamphetamine lab last week in Racine was arrested on Tuesday by deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that deputies from his office arrested Timothy Wickersham, 33, of Racine, at a residence on Peach Fork Road on Tuesday afternoon. Wickersham was wanted on outstanding warrants in addition to the meth lab case last week. Also at the re...
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Middleport Fire Department awarded grant
MIDDLEPORT — A grant of $14,700 has been awarded to the Middleport Fire Department through the Ohio Fire Marshall’s office. According to Mayor Michael Gerlach the grant is awarded to volunteer fire departments that serve a population of less than 25,000. He congratulated Fire Chief Jeff Darst for securing the grant which is the third in the past four years granted to the Middleport Fire Department by that agency. In 2010 the department re...
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<p>Officials from several Southern Ohio counties came together to discuss the sell of special metals at a meeting in Ross County. The meeting resulted in the formation of a task force to address the topic.</p>
Task force investigating scrap metal sales
OHIO VALLEY — A team of law enforcement officers, rail road police, Ohio Homeland Security personnel and local prosecutors met recently to discuss metal theft issues with local scrap yards in several southern Ohio counties. Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that the meeting resulted in the creation of a task force, led by representatives from the counties six counties involved to conduct compliance checks throughout the counties. Pe...
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Southern approves calendar, tentative graduates
RACINE — The Southern Local Board of Education approved a calendar for the 2013-14 school year and the tentative list of graduates for the 2012-13 school year during a recent board meeting. The calendar approved will have a school start date of Sept. 3 for students, with teachers beginning on Aug. 29. The starting date was moved from its usual mid-August date due to the construction of the new building. The last day of school for students a...
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Public showing of ‘FrackNation’ followed by panel discussion
MIDDLEPORT — The documentary “FrackNation,” by Phelim McAleer was shown and followed by a panel discussion on fracking in a public program hosted by the Meigs County Tea Party recently in the auditorium at Middleport Village Hall. Craig Wehrung, Tea Party president, welcomed those attending the non-partisan event. It was explained that hydraulic fracturing is a method used to release gas and petroleum from underground rock that involves inj...
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Merchants discuss downtown beautification
POMEROY — Downtown beautification with colorful flowers along with promotional ideas for the businesses were among the topics of discussion at the recent meeting of t he Pomeroy Merchants Association. It was noted that the flower baskets which hang for the period light poles are available and will be taken to Bob’s Market to be filled. As for plantings in the beds between the parking lot and Main Street, the area around the stage, and the p...
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Members of the U.S. Secret Service closed Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House in Washington, D.C., following explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other bombs were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course. President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight ...
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Two killed as two bombs explode at Boston Marathon
BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious injuries, including missing limbs. About two hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north sid...
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Gallia, Meigs highway patrol units dispatched to Athens
ATHENS — All available Gallia and Meigs County units of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) were dispatched Saturday night to help control an unexpected situation near Athens. According to a dispatcher with the Athens Post of the OSHP, the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to reported fights taking place at the 2013 Eleven Fest, a festival that is located on Ohio 56 and draws thousands each year. As a result of his investigation, Sh...
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Hively pleads not guilty to murder charges
GALLIPOLIS — An indictment has been filed and a not guilty plea entered in the case against a man accused of shooting and killing an 18-year-old Gallia County man earlier this month. Bruce A. Hively, 56, Crown City, appeared before Gallia County Common Pleas Judge D. Dean Evans on Friday morning with his retained counsel, defense attorney Charles Knight, to answer felony charges of murder, aggravated murder and tampering with evidence. Hi...
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May 6 deadline approaching for flood recovery assistance
WASHINGTON D.C. — Small businesses in nine southeast Ohio counties will now have access to federal resources to offset losses as a result of excessive rain and flooding that occurred between May 2 and May 4, 2012. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) encourages eligible entities to apply for assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in advance of the May 6, 2013, deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available to At...
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ODOT to invest $2.3 billion in transportation system
MARIETTA — Your tax dollars will be hard at work as the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) launches one of the largest, most aggressive construction seasons to date with projects totaling approximately $2.3 billion. ODOT will begin or continue construction of nearly 1,000 projects statewide including Ohio’s first-ever double roundabout interchange at U.S. 33 and Ohio 664 in Hocking County. “Investing in our state’s transportation sy...
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Meigs Board takes action on matters to hire and retire
POMEROY — Personnel was hired and several resignations for retirement purposes were accepted at this week’s meeting of the Meigs Local Board of Education. Hired were Shane Milhoan as a substitute bus driver for the remainder of the school year, Jasmine Schaeffer as a tutor for a health handicapped student, and Casey Smith as a volunteer assistant track coach for the 2013 season. Resigning for retirement purposes were Pam White as co-advis...
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Bobcat Caravan to stop in Pomeroy
POMEROY — The Bobcat Caravan will kick-off its 2013 stops in Pomeroy on Tuesday, April 16. The caravan stop will be held from 6-8 p.m. at Court Street Grill in Pomeroy. Coach Jim Christian, head coach of the men’s basketball team, and either Ohio University head football coach Frank Solich or a top assistant are scheduled to attend the free event. The event is organized by the Ohio Bobcat Club and the Ohio University Alumni Association....
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Area officer training sessions offered
MARIETTA — The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) from London, Ohio will be offering two four-hour training classes for area criminal justice professionals and students during April at the Washington State Community College. A class titled “Critical Incident Stress Management Awareness” will be held on Friday, April 12 at 8 a.m. in the Community Room of WSCC’s Main Building. This workshop will prepare participants for a wide range ...
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Bilott: DuPont largely ignored EPA on C8 issues
OHIO VALLEY — Many questions remain about the C8 contamination that has spread through the valley as a result of industrial activity at DuPont Washington Works near Parkersburg, West Virginia. For instance, the controversy began with the deaths of an entire herd of cattle, yet the company is so far refusing to provide EPA-requested testing of local cattle, locally grown produce, and many other sets of environmental monitoring data promised mo...
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Wanted: Safe homes for foster kids
MEIGS COUNTY — With an increase in the number of children services cases handled throughout the area, there is also an increased need for foster parents to help care for area children. Meigs County Juvenile Judge Scott Powell said there have been a record number of cases filed, with most of the cases involving drug use by the parents. Area agencies are working together to help find foster parents in the area to help care for the children ...
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Village of Racine receives Appalachian Grant
RACINE — The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District (BHHVRDD) in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, announced on Monday that the Village of Racine will receive a state Appalachian Development Program grant for $18,100 for its commercial district waterline extension project. The funding will support installation of an 8-inch waterline that will allow for future village development and growth. “The Vil...
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Middleport moves forward on Rutland water/sewer operation
MIDDLEPORT — Middleport Village Council gave a third reading and adopted an ordinance whereby by the village agrees to enter into an agreement with the Meigs County Commissioners for administering the Meigs County Water and Sewer District. The third reading was approved by a vote of four to two with Council members Roger Manley and Penny Burge voting “no” on the ordinance which, if approved by the Commissioners, will turn the Rutland water/...
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Reedsville man charged with inducing panic
REEDSVILLE — Officers with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies responded to a call of an individual threatening harm to himself at a residence in Reedsville on Saturday evening. According to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood, his office received a call that Andrew Reed, 30, was threatening to harm himself. The caller stated that Reed may also harm his father, Steve Reed, who was at the residence. Deputies Josh Riden...
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