Area residents will have the opportunity this weekend to check out what businesses in the community have to offer and get some advice about home care. Sponsored by WHIZ-TV, Pick-N-Save and Colony Square Mall, The Hearth and Home Show will have something for everyone in the family to enjoy. From perks, chances to enter drawings and registers to win prizes are just a few things available this year. The Hearth and Home Show will be held Thursday from 10am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am to...
The county recycling and litter program is working on making it easier for area residents to keep the community clean. They are currently working on a grant that they updated the Muskingum County Commissioners on earlier today. The grant is to help finance new equipment and, a larger bailer is going to be purchased as well as new trailers for drop-off sites in the area. Two new drop-off trailers are in the works because of the large amount of recyclables being brought in. The Dresden area...
A Zanesville man is charged with stabbing his girlfriend after a domestic dispute turned violent. It happened Tuesday night at 810 West Muskingum Avenue just after 6pm. Police say that 50-year-old Richard Valentine has been charged with one count of felonious assault. The incident was reported by a neighbor who called 9-1-1. Police say Valentine was arrested at the scene. The victim, 44-year-old Mary Draungh suffered a deep six inch wound along her jawline. She was listed in fair condition...
The Muskingum College student charged in the death of her newborn son was arraigned today in a Muskingum County courtroom. 21-year old Jennifer Bryant appeared before Common Pleas Judge Butch Zwelling and made a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment and abuse of a corpse. Bryant has been psychologically evaluated and the assistant prosecutor has requested another evaluation be performed on behalf of the state. The bond of 50-thousand dollars...
Each year the Future Farmers Of America have a week dedicated to the organization for their service and commitment. Tuesday they were at the Muskingum County Commissioners Office receiving an official document recognizing their special week. Eighty-three students are involved in the program. FFA week ends this Saturday.
Convicted murderer John W. Byrd Jr. died this morning at a Lucasville Ohio prison by lethal injection. The 38 year old Byrd was sentenced to die for the murder of Monte Tewksbury at a suburban Cincinnati convenience store in 1983. Tewksbury was a Procter and Gamble employee who was moonlighting at the store to save money for his daughter’s education. Witnesses to the execution say Byrd was calm as he was strapped to the table were a lethal combination of drugs was pumped into his body. Byrd...
World War Two expert Paul Stillwell spoke Tuesday about Pearl Harbor and WW-II at the Zanesville Noon Rotary. Stillwell is a writer and editor for the United States Naval Institute Press, as well as Director of the Institute’s Oral History Project. He brought his views and commentary to the Noon Rotary about September 11th and how it relates to Pearl Harbor. Stillwell has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, and the Discovery Channel.
Only a couple of months ago an area man plagued with emphysema and other lung problems was given only six months to live, Jack Norton and his family have since been patiently awaiting a lung transplant that could save his life. However just when hope was almost lost, their prayers were answered and they received a call from Cleveland University Hospital informing them that a lung was available for Jack. The surgery took only two hours and shortly afterward he was taken off the respirator....
John W. Byrd Junior has been executed by injection. The 38-year-old Byrd was pronounced dead at 10:09 this morning (Tuesday) at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He had been sentenced to death for the 1983 murder of Cincinnati convenience store clerk Monte Tewksbury. Byrd said he was innocent. An accomplice, John Brewer, addmitted stabbing Tewksbury but prosecutors said he already was serving a life sentence and was lying to protect Byrd. Byrd's actual innocence was...
The move is on to attract visitors to our community. You can find insider knowledge, in this year’s Zanesville – Muskingum County Visitor’s guide about what to do and where to go locally. The brand new publication is designed to attract visitors and help build the local economy. The pages include information about attractions, events, shopping dining and lodging. New this year is a boating/fishing section. For a free copy call the Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-743-2303.
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