Zanesville is going to have its own connection to Olympic hero Lea Ann Parsley. The Olympic silver medalist in the skeleton race will take part in the Carr Center Cake Auction next month. Parsley will light the first candle as the cake auction tries to set a new world record by lighting 3333 candles. Parsley will do the honor on Friday April 12th at the Colony Square Mall. This will be the 16th year for the national record-setting auction which raises money for services for children and...
It was a feline rescue attempt in Zanesville on Tuesday. A man tried to save his cat, and the fire department ended up saving him. John Rimel got stuck in a tree near 1051 Heber street while trying to get his family's cat down. He was stuck 15 feet off the ground for around 25 minutes. The Zanesville Fire Department arrived and brought him back to the ground. If this type of thing ever happens to you, fire officials have a suggestion...place food at the bottom of the tree and...
Zanesville fire officials are back on the scene of a house fire. It happened Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at 1078 Greenwood avenue. The home is owned by Scott and Stacy Frame. The Frames have five children. Three were at school and the other two and the mother made it out of the burning structure safely. No one was hurt. On Wednesday fire investigators were back inside the house trying to figure out what happened.
It’s a major issue that exists for many business owners and their employees, health insurance. To respond to the growing needs in the area and get up-to-date with surrounding chambers in Ohio, the Zanesville Muskingum County Chamber Of Commerce has come up with a health insurance plan for area members to take advantage of. through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield a Chamber plan has been formed for any Chamber member businesses that want to take advantage of saving on their insurance premiums. The...
To kick off this year’s Operation Feed Campaign the Muskingum County United Way Agency has been issued a challenge. In part of that challenge the agency is issuing a challenge for the community to participate in, fighting the plight of hunger. The Alan Feinstein Foundation in Rhode Island is offering a challenge to the United Way Agency within the months of March and April. The foundation is dividing one million dollars among non-profit agencies throughout the country. This challenge is based...
A fire early Monday morning destroys a local business and leaves three families homeless. A fire started around 1 this morning at 1375 Maysville Avenue in the garage of the Yellow Cab Company. The flames started when a couple of mechanics were working on a cab. Luckily no one was hurt. The fire spread and the people living in the upstairs apartment had to be evacuated. Three families are getting relief assistance, the Red Cross got them to a motel, and provided food and clothing. 2 out of...
It’s your chance to play detective and help catch some of Muskingum County’s most notorious criminals. The sheriff’s office has complied a list of the areas most wanted. The public will have access to the information every Monday on WHIZ-TV and in the Times Recorder, and by logging on to ohiomuskingumsheriff.org. This is the third time the department has released information to catch suspects. In the past almost half of all the suspects listed have been caught.
An Arizona man whose wife and stepchildren were reported missing after they failed to arrive at the Columbus airport has been convicted of killing them. They were formally of the Cambridge area. A jury today found 53-year-old David Anthony guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife Donna, and her children, 14-year-old Danielle and 12-year-old Richard. The family was to have flown to Ohio on July seventh to visit Donna Anthony's mother, Jane Wade, who lives on a...
The Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department is celebrating National Public Health Week April 1st through 7th. The city of Zanesville and Muskingum County is proclaiming this an honored week for the Health Department to spread awareness and knowledge about the importance of promoting health care for the residents of the area. For more information about National Public Health Week and what services the Health Department offers call 454-9741 or log onto www.zmchd.org.
The frosty nip in the air didn’t keep local “fools” off the roof this morning, to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. The April Fools fundraiser held at the Zanesville Wal-Mart was in full swing today with over thirty people on the rooftop and lots of generous donations going toward the relay for life. Since 7am each persons goal was to raise $500 and by ten o’clock contributors had pitched in about $7,300. Genesis Healthcare and the Muskingum County American Cancer Society is...
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