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Tuesday morning gas leak
closes portion of Third Ave.
GALLIPOLIS — A portion of Third Avenue in Gallipolis was temporarily closed on Tuesday morning after the report of a gas line leak. The leak was reported to Gallia County 911 at 8:59 a.m. on Tuesday after officials with Newman Paving of McArthur, Ohio, called to report that a gas line had been struck in the 800 block of Third Avenue. According to Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney, Columbia Gas had previously been in the area repairing ...
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AMVETS to host ‘Meet
the Candidates’ Thursday
KANAUGA — The American Veterans’ Post #23 will be hosting a “Meet the Candidates Night” on Thursday, February 9 at the post located at 108 Liberty Avenue in Kanauga. According to Post Commander Keith Jeffers, the public is encouraged to attend and to listen to local candidates as they answer audience questions during the event. While a definitive list of those attending has not been formed, all local candidates have been invited to speak ...
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Investigators still seeking
info on Golden Corral robbery
GALLIPOLIS — Investigators with the Gallipolis Police Department are still seeking information in relation to a recent robbery at the Gallipolis Golden Corral. The robbery occurred after an individual, described as wearing camouflage, approached an employee unlocking the front door of the restaurant, located at 307 Upper River Road, as he arrived for work on the morning of January 15. Reportedly, the suspect brandished a handgun and force...
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Warner, Fruth enter not guilty pleas
POINT PLEASANT — A former member of the Mason County Board of Education, as well as a suspended deputy with the Mason County Sheriff’s Department, each recently entered not guilty pleas in their separate, criminal cases. On Friday, former Mason County Board of Education Member Teresa Warner, 52, Point Pleasant, appeared for her arraignment in Mason County Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to charges that allege she took cash payments in ...
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Meigs man arrested in Gallia after theft, fleeing
GALLIPOLIS — A Meigs County man wanted on numerous charges in Gallia and Meigs counties was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to steal over $600 in merchandise from the Gallipolis Walmart and fleeing from an officer with the Gallipolis Police Department. Eric Wayne Clark, 22, Racine, was arrested at approximately 8 p.m. in a field adjacent to McDonald’s in Gallipolis after he fled from an officer attempting to speak with him a...
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Animal welfare group organizing in Gallia
GALLIPOLIS — One Gallia County man concerned with animal welfare in the community recently addressed the Gallia County Board of Commissioners. During a regular meeting on Thursday, Ray McKinnis approached the board and expressed his desire to organize a group to help address the needs of the Gallia County Animal Shelter, as well as the needs of all animals in the county. “I’m getting involved in a project, and I would just like to get you...
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Upcoming performances, auditions slated for Riverby Theater Guild
GALLIPOLIS — The French Art Colony’s Riverby Theater Guild’s 2012 Season is nearing it’s kick-off. Two productions are already in rehearsals and auditions for a third project is coming soon. The season will begin with a murder-mystery dinner production, “You Know The Old Slaying,” by Michal Jacot. The audience will be served a pasta dinner, salad, drinks and dessert in the French Art Colony’s main floor classroom, followed by the interactiv...
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Home National Bank employees Lori Miller, center, and Tina Wood, right, serve pulled pork sandwiches on Friday afternoon at Home National Bank in Racine.
Food for Food to benefit those in need
RACINE — The first Friday of each month Home National Bank in Racine will be trading food for food to benefit the Meigs County Cooperative Parish Food Pantry. As part of the Stop Hunger at Home campaign, which the bank began in October, lunch was served to those who brought in non-perishable food donations. Friday’s menu included pulled pork sandwiches, chips and cookies. Cash donations were also accepted. As of noon, approximately 68 s...
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Gallia Sheriff reorganizing after budget cuts
GALLIPOLIS — “I cannot just not answer emergency calls. I have to do that. We’re duty bound to do that, and we’re required by law to hold inmates for the courts,” Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning said Friday in regard to ongoing reorganization of the sheriff’s office following budget reductions earlier this year. “I really wish the commissioners would reconsider their decision to cut law enforcement. I know that they have outlined differe...
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Commissioners sign agreement to house inmates
POMEROY — During Thursday’s regular weekly meeting, the Meigs County Commissioners signed an agreement to house inmates in the Middleport Jail. According to the agreement signed, the Middleport Jail will open on March 1, at its new location at 659 Pearl Street in Middleport. The agreement will allow Meigs County inmates to be house for $60 per day. The jail will be equipped to house 20-24 inmates. In addition, there is to be a two- to t...
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Commissioners offer free space for USDA-FSA office
POMEROY — The Meigs County Commissioners have responded with a counter-proposal to a plan put forth recently by the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) to close the Meigs County FSA office and provide services to local farmers through the Gallipolis office which now handles both Gallia and Lawrence counties. The proposal, as outlined in a letter sent this week to the USDA-FSA by the Commissioners with copies to legislators and Gov. John R. Kasic...
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Commission provides K-A Sewer Project update
GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Board of Commissioners provided an update concerning the Kanaugua-Addison Sewer Project during a regular meeting on Thursday. Gallia County Commission President Harold Montgomery reported that representatives of the commission had recently met with the former contractor’s bonding company and had provided information in regard to the project that affects 486 residents, businesses and property owners in Gallipol...
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AG announces debt collection program for local governments
YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a new program to help local governments collect debt owed to them. The Local Government Collections Services Program will allow the Attorney General to collect debt on behalf of local governments. “Many local governments are feeling the strain that our economy has put on their budgets,” said DeWine. “Our Local Government Collections Services Program will help counties, cities, townshi...
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Public hearing planned for new admin building
GALLIPOLIS — Officials will be on hand during a public hearing on Tuesday in Gallipolis to answer questions in regard to the location and design of the new municipal administrative building. This second public hearing concerning the new administrative building proposed to be constructed in the 300 block of Third Avenue next to People’s Bank will be held at 7 p.m. in the Gallipolis Municipal Court, during a regularly scheduled monthly meetin...
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Sheriff returns to work
POINT PLEASANT — Mason County Sheriff David L. Anthony, II, has returned to work this week. Anthony returned to work earlier this week and upon that return, made some personnel changes, namely, replacing Chief Deputy Jeff Fields with Deputy Rob Wilson. It’s been a week of unexpected shakeups from the sheriff who filed for a second term a week ago today despite facing a lengthy criminal indictment handed down by a grand jury last month. An...
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