A Christmas day fire has left an area family homeless. At around 3 Tuesday afternoon a fire ripped through Chad and Misty Harmon's home located at 5695 Limestone Valley Road. Luckily no one was at home when the blaze started. The family is now looking to rent a 3-bedroom house. If you would like to make a donation a fund for the Harmon's has been set up at Century National Bank in Zanesville.
Today was supposed to be the biggest refund day of the year. When people flock to stores to return Christmas presents that don’t fit right or gifts that are defective. However lines weren’t long at the refund desk, it was the checkouts that kept shoppers waiting. It has instead turned into the biggest sale day of the year as some retailers are hoping to make up for the low turnout of business over the holidays. Many consumers were in picking up items rather than bringing goods back and taking...
The state government announced earlier that funding will be cut from public libraries state wide, this has raised a concern as to what cutbacks will take place at libraries and how much will in fact be taken away. The state has now decided to compare the two levels of funding a total of four times during the life of the budget and then libraries will receive the lower of the two funding levels. The question is, how will this affect the library here locally. Since it will go into effect in July...
The 0hio Highway Patrol says five people died in traffic crashes on Ohio roads on Christmas eve and Christmas day. None of the crashes were in Southeastern Ohio. Patrol spokesman Lieutenant Gary Lewis says this year's numbers aren't comparable to last year's, when 17 people died over a three day period. Lewis says there were no major tie-ups or weather related problems on the highways. He says the patrol has stepped up its seatbelt enforcment and will continue increased patrols...
It was a sad Christmas for a Muskingum county family after their house burned down. Fire officials say they lost everything including two pets in the fire on Tuesday. The Newton township fire department responded to the blaze on Limestone Valley road around 3 p.m. Becasue of the size of the fire, five other fire department were called to help. But the home is being called a total loss. Chad and Misty Harmon, along with two children were renting the home and do not have insurance. They...
Last Saturday, Baby a one-year-old cocker spaniel was shot in the face. The bullet traveled through his palate and into his skull, knocking eight teeth along the way. A week after the shooting, and a visit to the vet, Baby was running through the house with his owner's, Cheryl Moody, children. Moody and her husband adopted Baby from the Muskingum County Animal Shelter only a few months ago. The Zanesville Police Department is still investigating the incident.
A Newark City Schools principal announced her resignation only after four months into the school year. Beth Carpenter, principal of Cherry Zalley Elementary School will leave the district July 31, 2002. Because Carpenter signed a legal resignation rather than submitting the usual letter of resignation, the reasons for her departure cannot be revealed.
On Friday, Congressman Bob Ney announced that the Eastern Ohio Training Center in Zanesville is receiving 300,000 dollars for additional training material, computer hardware and other educational accessories. This funding was earmarked from the Labor-Health and Human Services and Department of Education Appropriations Bill. It now goes to the President's desk for his signature.
A morgan county common pleas court returns a conviction against a Crooksville man. 37-year old Donald Searles was convicted on 10 counts of rape against a 15-year-old girl. Searles was found guilty of four counts of rape and sexual battery andone count each of gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. The incidents occured from November 28th 1999 to August 2000 and again this past June. Morgan County Prosecutor Richard Welch says Searles was found by the court to be...
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