28-year old Keith Cogswell and 5-year old Seth Brison are dead after they failed to yeild a stop sign at the intersection of State Route 204 and US 22. The 2-car accident happened just beofre seven Friday evening. Trooper James Lott of the Lancaster branch of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says neither Cogswell nor Brison were wearing restraints. He adds a beer can was found between the legs of Cogswell and the department will be running tests to determine if alcohol played a factor in the...
A man is in guarded condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after a domestic incident grew out of control. According to Perry County Deputies around four Friday afternoon 30-year old Dave Farmer was shot once in the chest. Police believe it was a self-inflicted wound. They say a woman whom Farmer had a child with had a civil protection order against him, but that didn't stop him from coming near her and getting into an altercation. The sheriff's department is still investigating the case and...
It can be a doggy-dog world out there but today some of God's creatures received a bit of praise from a higher being. A black lab, a schzauzer, even Sunshine the hampster were blessed this morning. Father Jack Maynard pastor of Saint Mary Mattingly Settlement in Nashport annointed area animals in honor of the Feast of Saint Francis. "He came to realize in his spiritual life the importance of all the earth things that God has given to us. Yesterday was the Feast of Saint Francis, on October...
What is... The Ohio State Campus. That's where the hit game show Jeopardy is shooting it's latest college championship. This afternoon last minute preparations were underway as WHIZ-TV went behind the scenes and quizzed Jeopardy's host Alex Trebeck. He says "I used to test myself and I would know about 2/3 of the material, but in recent years we've gotten more into the pop culture and I'm not up on the current pop scene. I'm not up on the music groups coming out. As far as I'm concerned...
The recent rash of robberies, drug busts, and shootings all have one thing in common. They were all somehow related to drugs and alcohol. We've all heard the saying, "if you do the crime, you do the time." Well come November 5th that may not be the case. State Issue One requires drug treatment, not jail time, for first and second time drug offenders. It excludes offenders caught dealing drugs or without a violent crime history. That issue is up for voters next month. Area law enforcement...
Thursday's drug raid on the 11-hundred block of West Main Street in Zanesville led to three arrests. Those arrested are all Zanesville residents, they include 24-year old Sherron Singleton charged with one count of felony drug abuse, 25-year old Jerry McDonald charged with one felony count of permitting drug abuse, a misdemeanor count of drug abuse, and one count of weapon under disability. The last person arrested and the only one to post bond tonight is 24-year old Isaiah Thomas. He's...
Where's the beef? Well a lot of it was pushed this afternoon to raise money for one of the largest non-profit organizations in the area. Steaks were sizzling as Unizan Bank and United Way teamed up for a steak sandwich luncheon. While food always seems to draw in the donations, it's those donations that help feed and clothe those in need. Unizan Bank volunteers say they surpassed delivery sales from last year, bring in thousands of dollars for the United Way.
Governor Bob Taft visited members of the local, academic community to reassure Southeastern Ohio that there are always ways to find money to fund education and scholarships, even during an economic downturn. Taft commended the Scholarship Central program devised by the Muskingum County Community Foundation.
Zanesville Police make multiple arrests as they break up what they call a well-known crack house on West Main Street. Just after eleven this morning undercover officers and members of the Special Response Team arrested three people at a West Main Street home. Zanesville Police Chief Eric Lambes says a month long investigation paid off. Crack cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphanalia, money, a fire arm, and stolen property was recovered from this morning's raid. Chief Lambes says the names of...
This afternoon the mother of the bank robbery suspect spoke out about her son. She says the troubles that plague her child could happen to anyone. Mary Hermen says it was three years ago when her oldest of ten children was admitted to a 2-week drug treatment program but even that wasn't enough, "He was afraid to go to rehabilitation, afraid to loose his job. He said they'll find out, I'll loose my job, I need a job." Mary Hermen says she hopes others with drug addications, or families of...
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