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Meigs sheriff advises of recent phone scams
OHIO VALLEY — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that several area residents have recently received phone scams. The scams have ranged from claiming to be from their bank to representing their insurance company. The office has also received a complaint from another resident who paid for construction upfront and the contractor did not return. “No one should get paid until the job is done,” advised Wood. “Be safe, and find out who yo...
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Gallia, Meigs unemployment rates decline
OHIO VALLEY — Unemployment rates in both Meigs and Gallia counties declined in February after sharp increased in January. Meigs County saw a nearly two point decrease, but is still tied for the second highest rate among Ohio’s 88 counties at 12.8 percent. In January, the unemployment rate in Meigs County was at 14.4 percent after being at 10.9 percent to end 2012. Gallia County’s unemployment rate decreased from 11 percent in January to 8...
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Two men arrested following meth bust
GALLIPOLIS — Two meth labs were located and two men arrested late on Wednesday evening by officers with the Gallipolis Police Department who were acting on a tip that an active methamphetamine lab may be located within the City of Gallipolis. According to a press release issued by the police department, at approximately 10:44 p.m. on Wednesday night, city police officers, along with a deputy with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office located o...
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Jesus portrait removed from Jackson school
Editor’s note: Do you have a strong opinion about this story from our neighboring Jackson County? Was the correct decision made? Participate in our web poll at www.mydailytribune.com, www.mydailysentinel.com or www.mydailyregister.com. JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — A Jesus portrait that has hung in a southern Ohio school district since 1947 was taken down Wednesday, because of concerns about the potential costs of a federal lawsuit against its dis...
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Four years handed down to Par Mar robber
GALLIPOLIS — A man accused of robbing a Gallipolis convenience store with a knife last year will spend the next four years in a state prison for aggravated robbery. Arthur W. Writesel, Jr., 26, Langsville, formerly of Gallipolis, was sentenced last week in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court to four years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated robbery, a first degree felony....
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GFD warns of spring burning restrictions
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallipolis Fire Department would like to remind everyone of current statewide burning restrictions. During spring, the danger of a wildfire is much greater due to the warm and windy weather conditions, combined with an abundant amount of dry leaves, dead grass and dry brush material. Due to the elevated risk of wildfires, outdoor open burning during the months of March, April, May, October and November is restricted state...
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Gov. Kasich signs two-year transportation, safety budget
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — Rev up your engines. The speed limit on Ohio’s rural interstates is about to increase to 70 mph. Gov. John Kasich this week signed a two-year transportation/public safety budget that will take effect on July 1. In addition to increasing the speed limit, the budget authorizes the quadrupling of Ohio Turnpike debt, guaranteed by future toll collections, to help finance a backlog of highway and bridge projects acro...
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Gardner pleads guilty to murder of father
POMEROY — James E. Gardner, 41, of Middleport entered a guilty plea in the November 2012 death of his father, James W. Gardner. The defendant also plead guilty to one count of aggravated robbery. Meigs County Common Pleas Judge I. Carson Crow sentenced Gardner to the mandatory sentence of 15 years to life. Details of the plea and sentencing will appear in the Wednesday edition of The Daily Sentinel.
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Bob Evans Farms announces sale of Bidwell plant
COLUMBUS — Bob Evans Farms, Inc. recently announced the sale of its headquarters building in Columbus, Ohio, as well as two Ohio food production facilities, to New Mill Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in repositioning closed corporate facilities. One of those facilities is the Bidwell processing plant. It also provided an update on its BEST to Invest in Ohio initiative, which details major investments in th...
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Search for missing woman continues
GALLIPOLIS — After more than a week of extensive searching by land, by air and by boat, no further clues have been uncovered as to the whereabouts of a missing Gallia County woman. Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning reported on Monday that the search for Sharon Yoczik, 68, has continued since her reported disappearance on Friday, March 22. According to Browning, while Yoczik was initially reported missing on Friday afternoon, March 22 by ...
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<p>Former Mason County Sheriff David L. Anthony has completed his jail sentence and was released earlier this month.</p>
Former sheriff completes sentence, released
MASON COUNTY — Former Mason County Sheriff David L. Anthony has completed his jail sentence and been released. A spokesperson with the Southwestern Regional Jail in Holden confirmed Anthony’s sentence expired on March 7 at which time he was released. The spokesperson said there was no probation or alternative sentencing involved with Anthony’s release. In short, he served his time and was free to go. Anthony was sentenced to 18 months in ...
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Water-sewage takeover hits minor snag
MIDDLEPORT — While the Meigs County Commisisioners are officially taking over the operation of the Rutland water and sewer system tomorrow, the anticipation is still that Middleport Village will be assuming that responsibility within the next few weeks. However, effectively immediately, the Commissioners will handle all the responsibilities including water distribution, sewage collection and treatment, and maintenance, as well as collection...
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<p>Kansas D. Grube</p>
Grube seeks to appeal conviction with Ohio Supreme Court
GALLIPOLIS — A notice of appeal in the case against a Gallia County woman currently serving a life sentence for the murder of her infant son was recently filed with the state’s highest court. Kansas D. Grube, 27, who is currently incarcerated in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, filed a notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this month after the Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction in a de...
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City awards bid for Hedgewood Drive repair
GALLIPOLIS — During a special meeting on Tuesday, the Gallipolis City Commission approved an emergency ordinance accepting a bid for the Hedgewood Drive landslide repair project. The project was awarded to Foill, Inc., of Waverly, Ohio, for a bid in the amount of $206,423. The city first advertised for bids for the repair to the roadway located off of State Street last November, however, when no bids were received by the city manager’s of...
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Legends to share expertise at Songwriters Symposium
GALLIPOLIS — Will one of your songs top next year’s Top 40? Think one of them could — if you could just get that one line to work? Maybe you just want to hear some of the biggest country, folk and Americana hits of the last 25 years — and the stories behind them. Now’s your chance! The Ariel Theatre welcomes three of America’s great songwriters to a Songwriters Symposium on April 6. The all-day event includes morning and afternoon works...
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<p>David A. Young</p>
Former pastor sentenced to 15 years for sex crimes
GALLIPOLIS — A former Gallia County pastor charged with having unlawful sexual contact with a former student was sentenced on Wednesday in the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County after he pleaded guilty to a total of 15 counts of his 20-count indictment. David A. Young, 46, Rio Grande, was sentenced to 15 years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on Wednesday morning after he pleaded guilty to a total of 15 counts of unl...
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Update: Name released in inmate death
POMEROY — The name of the prisoner who died last week at the Meigs County Jail and the apparent cause of death were released on Thursday by Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood. Martin Tucker, 46, of Reedsville, died of an apparent suicide in the early morning hours of March 20 according to Wood. Tucker was incarcerated in the Meigs County Jail on charges of felonious assault and kidnapping. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Meigs County Com...
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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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