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Hood retires as Gallia County CVB director
GALLIA COUNTY — After 12 years serving Gallia County’s residents and visitors as the executive director of the Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), Bob Hood worked his last day in that capacity Tuesday, as he prepares to start serving Gallia County residents in an entirely different way — as a full-time Gallia County 9-1-1 dispatcher. Hood announced his intention to retire from the CVB on March 8 in order to accept the full-t...
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Small earthquake reported Wednesday near Crown City
CROWN CITY — Few folks seemed to notice it, but there was a whole lot of shaking going on around Eureka Wednesday morning — at least beneath the ground. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 2.5 magnitude earthquake happened around 5:10 a.m. near the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, approximately seven miles north of Crown City and ten miles south of Gallipolis. The minor earthquake did not appear to cause any property damage. In f...
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Gallia man charged with fleeing and eluding
GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man facing two counts of felony drug possession in a 2012 Gallia County Common Pleas case was recently charged in a second case with one count of fleeing and eluding — a charge stemming from an incident that occurred earlier this year. James E. Raines, 34, Gallipolis, was arraigned last week and pleaded not guilty to one count of fleeing and eluding after he reportedly evaded police on February 23. According t...
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Juvenile court utilizing Title IV-E funds to curb truancy
GALLIPOLIS — Judge Thomas S. Moulton, Jr., of the Court of Common Pleas, Probate Juvenile Division, wishes to announce that the Gallia County Juvenile Court participates in the Federal Title IV-E program to reduce the number of youth who are removed from their natural home and placed in foster or group homes. Title IV-E is a partial reimbursement for the costs associated with working with unruly and delinquent youth in the community. Accord...
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Syracuse fiscal officer charged with theft in office
SYRACUSE — Charges have been filed against the now former Village of Syracuse Fiscal Officer related to misconduct while serving in that position. Megan Drummer-Doczi, 32, of Syracuse, was arrested on Monday by officers with the Syracuse Police Department. Drummer-Doczi was employed as the Village of Syracuse Fiscal Officer and the Board of Public Affairs (BPA) Clerk since September 2012. The lead investigator in the case, Syracuse Poli...
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Eight arrested in weekend drug bust
GLENWOOD — A week after five people were arrested during a drug bust in Ashton, eight people were taken into custody in Glenwood on Saturday and are now facing criminal charges in relation to another drug bust investigated by the Mason County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from the West Virginia State Police. Sheriff Greg Powers said seven people were arrested by his department on Saturday, an eighth person was arrested by the W.Va. S...
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Help on heating bills available to low income families
POMEROY — It may be spring, but temperatures and some energy bills still make it feel like winter. With the recent report that both Meigs and Gallia counties have slightly higher unemployment figures (Meigs 14.4 and Gallia 11 percent) now than a year ago, it means more family incomes are down and probably more are struggling to pay energy and other bills while living on less money. “There is assistance available when it comes to your ener...
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<p>Jessica K. Duncan</p>
Jail time handed down for probation violation
GALLIPOLIS — A Jackson County woman, who was charged with aiding her boyfriend during a 2009 burglary spree in Gallia County, was recently sentenced to prison after she was found guilty of violating the terms of her probation. Jessica K. Duncan, 35, Jackson, formerly of Oak Hill, was sentenced last week in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court to serve three years in the Ohio Reformatory for Women for multiple counts of complicity. Duncan,...
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Redmond to serve 15 years for robbery, complicity
GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County woman charged in connection with the death of Zane T. Taylor last summer will spend 15 years in the state prison system for her role in his untimely demise. The last of the four co-defendants to be sentenced in this case, Lacey S. Redmond, 26, Gallipolis, appeared before Judge D. Dean Evans on Tuesday and was sentenced to five years of incarceration for aggravated robbery and 10 years of imprisonment for complic...
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Gallia County Family Forum set for March 26
The initial meeting of the 2013 Gallia County Family Forum, on Understanding and Dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease or another Dementia, will be held on Tuesday, March 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Thaler Building, 2881 Ohio 160, Gallipolis, Ohio, across from Holzer Medical Center. This will be the first of a series of six meetings, held throughout 2013, on an every other month basis. Following the March meeting, the Forum will be scheduled i...
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Annual Senior Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest announced
RIO GRANDE — Are you age 55 or older with a talent for art, photography, poetry or essay writing? If so, the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) encourages you to participate in its 31st Annual Senior Citizens Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest that is approaching soon. This year’s event will be held May 20-24 and May 28-31 at the Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery located on the campus of the University of Rio Grande in Rio Gran...
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New charges filed against Vinton man charged with burglary
GALLIPOLIS — A man previously charged in relation to two separate Gallia County burglaries, was recently arraigned in his third common pleas case. Trevor S. Mullins, 23, Vinton, was arraigned earlier this week and charged with one count of receiving stolen property and one count of telecommunications fraud. According to the indictment in this case, Mullins was allegedly in the possession of a Direct Express Bank debit card, the property o...
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Prisoner found dead in Meigs County Jail
POMEROY — A prisoner being held in the Meigs County Jail was found deceased Wednesday morning, according to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Wood said that he has requested assistance in the investigation from Meigs County Coroner Dr. Douglas Hunter and the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI). The remaining prisoners were transported to the Middleport Jail and the Washington County Jail while ...
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RVHS student earns volunteer service award
BIDWELL — Michaela Hall, 18, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was presented by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Barack Obama. Hall participated in the Spirit of Community program this year ...
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<p>Lt. Governor Mary Taylor</p>
Lt. Governor to speak at Gallia Co. Lincoln Day Dinner
RIO GRANDE — Ohio Lientenant Governor Mary Taylor will be the speaker at the annual Gallia County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner on Thursday evening. The event will be held at the University of Rio Grande Dining Hall, Student Annex. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Taylor was sworn in as Ohio’s 65th Lieutenant Governor on January 10, 2011, the same day Governor John R. Kasich named her to lead CSI Ohio — the “Common Sense Initiative”...
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Unemployment on the rise in Meigs, Gallia counties
OHIO VALLEY — Unemployment rates in both Gallia and Meigs counties saw a dramatic increase in January. After a slight increase to end 2012, both counties had a more than two-point increase to start 2013. Meigs County’s unemployment rate now sits at 14.4 percent after being at 10.9 in December and 10.4 in November. Likewise, Gallia County jumped from 8.6 percent in December to 11 percent in January. Gallia County was at 7.6 percent in No...
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New maps indicate shale drilling possibilities in Meigs
POMEROY — The prospect that Meigs County may be in the viable shale drilling region has improved, according to information provided by Meigs County Economic Development Director Perry Varnadoe. Last March when the Ohio Department of Natural Resources released maps of where they believe the Marcellus/Utica shale reserves lay in Ohio, Meigs County wasn’t prominent and effectively had been removed from the shale play. That contention was based...
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Town hall meeting on C8 set for March 26
OHIO VALLEY — This month the C8 Medical Panel is expected to announce the protocols for the first phase of medical monitoring available to people in the Mid-Ohio Valley who have been drinking water contaminated with an industrial surfactant. A town hall-style public meeting will be held in Chester on March 26. C8, also known as perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, became the subject of a class action lawsuit against DuPont by thousands of people...
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Crown City man pleads guilty to falsification charge
GALLIPOLIS — A man accused of obstructing justice while aiding James E. Gardner as he eluded law enforcement last November, was recently ordered to pay a fine in an unrelated criminal case. Lyndon M. Montgomery, Sr., 52, Crown City, pleaded guilty to a falsification charge last week in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County and was ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $1,000 and to pay the costs of prosecution in relation to the case. ...
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