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Latest Updates
- Countywide clean-up day set for Saturday - 1:13 pm
- Point Pleasant Prom royalty crowned - 12:37 pm
- Dinner cruise tickets now on sale - 11:48 am
- City Council discusses summer projects, events - 9:56 am
- 1 death, 74 new COVID cases reported… Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason - 2:00 pm
- Mason County Memories… Main Street plans historic home tour - 12:20 pm
- New equipment, sign erected at park - 11:31 am updated: 3:46 pm.
- ‘Music in the Park’ series announced - 11:29 am updated: 3:47 pm.
- 4-H members help to clean cemetery - 10:56 am
- Mason Co. unofficial Primary Election results - 10:35 am
- PVH warns of phone scams - 9:15 am
- VFW hosts dinner, awards - 12:36 pm
- 49 new COVID cases reported… Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason - 2:00 pm
- Mason Council recognizes Barnitz - 12:26 pm
- Home, garden show coming Saturday - 11:17 am
- Grand Jury returns 34 indictments - 9:25 pm
- Students participate in ‘Make It Shine’ project - 4:08 pm
- ‘Community fun day’ planned for Saturday - 4:07 pm
- New Haven discusses pool - 3:26 pm
- Community yard sales set for Saturday - 10:31 am
- Summer events begin - 3:57 pm
- National Day of Prayer set for Thursday - 12:15 pm
- 1 death, 49 new COVID cases reported… Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason - 2:00 pm
- Mason County Memories… River Improvements - 12:20 pm
- Claflin Scholarship applications due Sunday - 3:08 pm
NEWS
Mason Co. unofficial Primary Election results
MASON COUNTY — Unofficial results from the 2022 Primary Election were released on Tuesday night by the Mason County Clerk, Diana Cromley.Total b...
PVH warns of phone scams
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) has been made aware and wanted to advise local residents about a phone scam in the area i...
VFW hosts dinner, awards
MASON — Members of the Stewart-Johnson V.F.W. Post 9926 of Mason, along with invited guests, joined Sunday for the annual Loyalty Day dinner and...
49 new COVID cases reported… Latest stats for Meigs, Gallia, Mason
Editor’s note: Due to recent changes in the frequency of data reported by the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Valley Publishing’s COVID Up...
Mason Council recognizes Barnitz
MASON — Mason Mayor Kristopher Clark proclaimed Tuesday, May 10, 2022 as “Bob Barnitz Day” in the town when the council had its most...
Home, garden show coming Saturday
MASON — With Spring comes home improvement projects and outdoor fun, and local residents will have the opportunity to check out the latest offer...
SPORTS
Wahama wins, heads to Ravenswood Saturday
And so they will do it again. The Wahama baseball team advanced to the Class A Region IV, Section 2 championship game with a 12-2 victory over Calhoun...
Wahama advances to regionals
HARTFORD, W.Va. — A feat so nice, they did it thrice.The Wahama softball team defeated the Gilmer County Lady Titans 8-2 at home Thursday evenin...
Local teams compete at Meigs Open
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — One last run through before the start of the postseason.The track and field teams from River Valley, Gallia Academy, Wahama,...
Lady Buckeyes fend off Eastern, 3-2
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The Eastern softball team’s season has come to an end after a 3-2 road loss to the Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes Thur...
Blue Angels win sectional title
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — It hasn’t been as long as you might think, but the Blue Angels girls varsity soccer program — which completed ye...
LIFE
Hannan FFA students awarded on state level
ASHTON — Students in the Hannan Junior/Senior High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) took home first place honors during a recent competiti...
Shelter Pets of the Week
Roo Roo and Sally are this week’s Shelter Pets of the Week, available for adoption at the Mason County Animal Shelter. Adoption fees cover spay ...
April 1st, 2022 updated: April 1st, 2022. |
Writers Guild pays tribute to Ingerick
POINT PLEASANT — Members of the Point Pleasant Writers Guild met recently and shared various topics of conversation along with their latest writ...
Moose fundraiser benefits domestic violence shelter
POINT PLEASANT — The Point Pleasant Moose Lodge #731’s recent charity benefit for Square One of Gallipolis, Ohio raised over $2,000.Severa...
YLA students visit Charleston
POINT PLEASANT — Local Mason County students returned from a three-day experience in Charleston with the Youth Leadership Association (YLA) 8th ...
OPINION
Search the Scriptures: Reasonable people in unreasonable times
It should not be surprising that this fallen world, being at odds as it is with its Creator, is a contentious realm filled with unhappiness, strife an...
God’s Kids Korner: Happy Mother’s Day
I am sure that all of you know that it is Mother’s Day this coming Sunday. You will probably give your mother a card or a present. Someplace on ...
The tribulations we experience are par for the course
Jesus Christ was very honest with us when He said that “in the world you shall have tribulation.” It is a literal truth that cannot be den...
Search the Scriptures: The Lord’s compassionate command
The heart of Jesus is a heart full of compassion for those who are suffering, even when that suffering is the fault of the one being afflicted and eve...
God’s Kids Korner: Don’t worry!
Have you ever had to stay with a new babysitter while your parents went somewhere for the day or evening? You were nervous and a little bit scared pro...
Shadows sometimes stand on the soul
The following is a repeat of a thought I wrote about several years back:Everything tangible casts a shadow. We often find ourselves positioned in prox...
