Bidwell News

Defense attorney Charles H. Knight filed a motion Monday afternoon for a new trial in the case of Brynn K. Martin.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Jury trials were continued in the cases of two men accused in the January slaying of Gallipolis resident Ralph N. Sands earlier this week in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

CENTENARYa ' A Bidwell man was seriously injured after being shot in the face with a shotgun early Saturday morning inside an Ohio 141 residence.

Kevin Kelly/photo - Honored at a reception prior to Monday's meeting of the Gallia County Local Board of Education were retiring employees.

Jurors heard testimony from nine witnesses called by the state during the second day of Brynn K. Martin's trial in Gallia County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Two women were sentenced to multiple prison terms after pleading guilty or being found guilty in multiple cases in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Several cases were recently concluded in Gallia County Common Pleas Court after defendants entered guilty pleas.

One of two Martins was found guilty Monday after standing trial in Gallia County Common Pleas Court on a charge related to the 2006 slaying of Vinton-area resident William "Wild Bill" Sowers.

Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge D. Dean Evans ruled that evidence regarding a polygraph examination will not be admissible in the case of Brynn K. Martin.

IRONTON a ' A finalist for the soon-to-be-named Ohio University Southern dean position has surfaced as a leading candidate to be chancellor at another university nearly 1,800 miles away.

GALLIPOLIS a ' An Oak Hill man was recently charged with two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Among four cases recently heard in Gallia County Common Pleas Court, defendants were sentenced to community control or intervention in lieu of conviction after entering guilty pleas.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Gallia County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Adkins announced the conviction of a Gallipolis-area man for two offenses in connection with the theft of property from a local church.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Bond has been set at $2 million for the 76-year-old Wellston man accused in the shooting deaths of two Rodney-area residents on Tuesday.

A 76-year-old man is being held in the shooting deaths of a man and woman during an apparent business dispute at a Gallia County stone quarry.

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake was felt around 9:42 this morning in southern Ohio. The epicenter was about 5 miles NNW of Oak Hill, OH.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Among cases recently addressed in Gallia County Common Pleas Court, four guilty pleas were entered drawing three prison sentences and one intervention in lieu of conviction.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Two area residents were recently sentenced to community control in Gallia County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to drug charges.

Elizabeth Rigel/photo Gallipolis resident Virginia Guinther puts a recycling bin out in front of her Third Avenue home on Tuesday afternoon.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Several drug-related indictments were issued by Gallia County grand jurors following the first session of 2009.