This weeks Top Performer goes to Maysville's Cory Wilson. Wilson carried the ball 24 times for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Panthers won for the first time in three weeks beating Morgan 21-14.
With the struggling economy affecting jobs everywhere, bringing new business as well as keeping existing business locally is important. So when the time comes where a company is in need of a new facility to keep business going, it is in the best interest of local business officials to do as much as possible to help out. At the County Commissioners Office today a tax abatement was announced for Precision Fabricators, they received a one hundred percent abatement for ten years and the project...
After changing your clocks, it’s now time to change your battery. The International Association of Fire chiefs thinks it’s a good time to make sure that everyone’s old smoke alarm and detector batteries are replaced with new ones. Each year, about 6,000 people die in home fires, and more than 80 percent of those deaths are in homes that didn’t have a working smoke detector due to a dead battery. Local firefighters encourage people to contact their local fire department if they have difficulty...
Twelve churches in the area huddled together to pull off the 5th annual Souper Bowl this Sunday. With the percision and Grace of a well executed game plan, volunteers young and old pulled together to serve hundreds at the Senior Center. Pots of soup lined the stove as the kitchen crew manned their stations to serve the masses. Although feeding a large group of people can be overwhelming, it does have it's rewards. Entertainment was provided by the various churches who participated in the...
It was a picture perfect day for a dedication. Community members from the village of New Concord came out this afternoon for the dedication ceremony of Lake Sturtevant and friendship trails. The lake and trails are located on the property of the East Muskingum schools and Zandex Health Care's Beckett House. The lake which was once labled Friendship Lake during the ground breaking ceremony in 1997, has taken on a new name to honor the memory of a very special man. The dedication ceremony was...
A newly chartered group is offering women the opportunity to shape and build their career goals. "The Contemporary Business and Professional Women of Muskingum County," held their fall open house this afternoon to invite the area's women to join them. The group helps women of all ages reach their personal and professional goals. To find out more information about the group or to join call 453-4028.
The "Muskingum Family Y" honored the many volunteers that help throughout the year. The volunteer's tea held at the Jackson Community Center allows the "Y" to take time out and recognize those who give their time freely to serve others in the community. Muskingum Family Y's members service coordinator Ron Winter says that without the volunteers, they would not be able to form some of the programs or the events that they host. The organization honored over 2 hundred volunteers.
Shots fired early Saturday morning at the Canteen bar in Zanesville have left one man dead and another hospitalized. At around 12 O'Clock Saturday morning the Zanesville Police Department recieved a call that shots had been fired. Twenty-five year old Timothy Dawson of Columbus was shot and killed. Thirty year old Dawan Wright also of Columbus was also injured in the shooting and transported to Good Samaritan Hospital. There is a suspect in the shooting... Twenty-seven year old Kelly...
A former Centerville physician accussed of attempting to rape a patient has been granted probation if he accepts being labled a sexual predator. 51-year old Daharathram Nalabolu pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of sexual predator finding requires him to register his address every three months with the sheriff for the rest of his life. The woman who made the allegation died of pneumonia last month. But she left a letter to a Montgomery County judge saying...
Columbus Police Chief James Jackson has been reprimanded for commented he made about disabled people. He also has been warned that any additional policy violations could result in harsher discipline. Safety Director Mitchell Brown says Jackson engaged in unbecoming conduct when he questioned the need for wheelchair ramps. Jackson made the comments during an October 5th interview with the Columbus Dispatch. He saud at the time that budget restrictions have left the police force short-staffed...
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