Throwback Thursday: 1937 Flood
Celebrating MLK Day
Marking a piece of history
Suspect in custody following escape
Preston pleads guilty in vehicular homicide
Latest Updates
- Throwback Thursday: 1937 Flood - 11:04 pm
- Hurt pleads guilty to concealing body - 7:42 pm updated: 7:45 pm.
- Butler looks to state senate run - 5:47 pm
- Tucker arraigned on new charges - 5:18 pm
- Alternative to early dismissal : ‘Kids Connect’ events at the library - 4:14 pm
- Board of Education approves agenda items - 8:14 pm
- A season of sweets - 5:35 pm
- Young artisans kickstart business venture - 4:43 pm
- Hurt to face plea hearing - 10:39 pm updated: 11:36 am.
- Celebrating MLK Day - 9:42 pm updated: 9:47 pm.
- Sheriff updates commission on department - 8:18 pm
- Marking a piece of history - 5:13 pm updated: 8:34 pm.
- Suspect in custody following escape - 2:32 pm updated: 4:04 pm.
- UPDATE: Escaped inmate back in custody - 12:26 pm updated: 12:47 pm.
- Deceased identified as Mason County man in Gallia death investigation - 6:55 pm updated: 6:03 pm.
- Charity bingo for DARE program - 9:20 pm
- Commission requests more funding for roads - 5:20 pm
- The Great Salt Bend - 11:17 am
- Wastewater upgrade project nears completion - 10:52 am
- A different kind of service - 8:25 pm
- Preston pleads guilty in vehicular homicide - 7:59 pm
- Point man charged with wanton endangerment - 7:22 pm updated: 8:56 pm.
- Broadband internet bill advances in House - 4:53 pm updated: 4:54 pm.
- FRN discusses upcoming events - 5:29 pm
- Students and science: Mobile Ag Education Science Lab visits - 5:15 pm
NEWS
Celebrating MLK Day
GALLIPOLIS — The Southeastern Ohio NAACP once again partnered with the University of Rio Grande and RSVP of Ohio Valley to hold a tribute to Dr....
January 21st, 2019 updated: January 21st, 2019. |
Sheriff updates commission on department
POINT PLEASANT — During the recently held Mason County Commission meeting, Sheriff Greg Powers gave a report on the Mason County Sheriff’s...
Marking a piece of history
POMEROY — Exactly 200 years after Meigs County was officially formed, the first of the 12 Bicentennial Markers was unveiled on Monday morning.A ...
January 21st, 2019 updated: January 21st, 2019. |
Suspect in custody following escape
MIDDLEPORT — A Gallipolis man being transported from one jail facility to another temporarily escaped the custody of a sheriff’s deputy on...
January 21st, 2019 updated: January 21st, 2019. |
UPDATE: Escaped inmate back in custody
UPDATE: The suspect has been taken into custody.MIDDLEPORT — Local law enforcement officers are searching for an inmate who escaped Monday morni...
January 21st, 2019 updated: January 21st, 2019. |
Deceased identified as Mason County man in Gallia death investigation
GALLIA COUNTY — Gallia County Sheriff Matt Champlin reports the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Ohio State Highway...
January 19th, 2019 updated: January 21st, 2019. |
SPORTS
Blue Devils sweep Rock Hill, 58-34
PEDRO, Ohio — They finished what they started.The Gallia Academy boys basketball team outscored host Rock Hill by a 38-14 margin in the first an...
OVCS avenges Lady Cats, 36-20
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Apparently the weather warmed up enough to go for a run after halftime.The Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team overca...
Lady Tigers tame Gallia Academy, 60-24
CENTENARY, Ohio — Those offensive struggles.The Gallia Academy girls basketball team was held to single digits in each of the four quarters as v...
Lady Raiders sweep Southern, 44-30
BIDWELL, Ohio — Some victories both ways around.Visiting Southern closed the gap, but the River Valley girls basketball team still managed to ea...
Lady Marauders march past Eastern, 61-35
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — Snapping their skid with a vengeance.The Meigs girls basketball team led wire-to-wire en route to a 61-35 victory over non-c...
LIFE
College News and Notes
Local Cedarville University Students Named to Dean’s List CEDARVILLE — The following local Cedarville University students were named to De...
CEOS County Council meets
The Mason County Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) met at the court house Annex on Jan. 8 with the Camp Conley Club hosting the meeting.Ma...
Democrats donate to food banks
Food donations were made recently to the Cross Light of Hope Food Bank in Ashton, by the Mason County Democratic Women’s Organization and the Ma...
Pleasant CEOS Club meets
The Pleasant Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) Club met at the court house annex on Jan. 10 with Frankie Bumgarner serving as hostess.Afte...
Marshall food pantry open to federal employees
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University’s Department of Dietetics will open the doors to its food pantry beginning Saturday, Jan. 19, to f...
OPINION
From the state capitol: Legislative update
While bills to expand broadband Internet access to rural areas, and to provide grants and other incentives to encourage students to attend community a...
Get busy paying attention
I have been looking for inspiration for another article here recently. I like my articles or stories to have meaning, and for that to happen I feel th...
Improving the education system
There is no greater responsibility of state government than to provide a thorough education for our children. Thomas Jefferson felt so strongly about ...
Search the Scriptures: The opportunity God has given us
In Galatians 5:1, the apostle Paul counsels his readers, and us, saying, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not s...
This is where it gets interesting
“And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went i...
A Hunger for More: God’s aim continues to be unity
Every Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Americans all over this nation pause and reflect on the life and message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The subj...
