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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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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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