Little Hocking News

Many community members around the Mid-Ohio Valley celebrated Independence Day with parades, food and fireworks.

One man is in a Charleston, W.Va., trauma center, a woman is in St. Joseph's Hospital and her husband is in jail after a Tuesday night stabbing at a Little Hocking residence.

Two people are in critical condition Wednesday after an altercation and stabbing in Little Hocking Tuesday night.

Family: Wife, Melissa; son, Christopher, 16. Employment: Human resources director, Americas Styrenics .

Records released Thursday indicate a Washington County sheriff's officer recently placed on paid administrative leave is accused of having affairs with the wives of two fellow officers and the girlfriend of another.

After five days of searching, authorities Wednesday believe they have found the body of 20-year old Jeremy Midcap of Parkersburg, who has been missing since the boat he was in capsized Saturday.

Family and friends of missing boater Jeremy Midcap, 20, gathered Tuesday at Access Park in Belpre while rescue workers continued their search of the Ohio River.

The Wood County 911 Center confirms officers are looking for one person in the water who is unaccounted for.

Miss Peggy's House, Belpre. Children's Palace, Little Hocking. Marietta Family YMCA, Marietta.

An injury during his childhood kept Dale Nutter out of the military in World War II, but the Little Hocking man nonetheless helped make a significant contribution to the war effort.

Two Washington County men were charged by the grand jury Friday for allegedly not paying a combined $57,000 in child support payments.

Katrina Bridget Shuman and Drew Michael Ingram were united in marriage at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Southbridge on April 25, 2009.

Impressive Eagle Scout projects have cropped up and been completed all across Washington County, but area girls are also making their mark on the world of Scouting.

The Warren board of education's next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. June 15 at the board office.

Officials report that two young children from Athens County were taken by helicopter to Children's Hospital in Columbus after a horse fell on them.

Washington County, by the numbers: Children served by foster care so far in 2009: 50.

The Warren Local Board of Education hired a new Little Hocking Elementary principal at its meeting Monday to replace retiring administrator Tom Ellsworth.

Two construction projects in the works for the better part of this decade and several federal stimulus fund projects highlight this summer's road and bridge work.

The garage of a Little Hocking home has been heavily damaged...after a late afternoon fire Thursday.

If anyone finds Sassy the dog, missing after Tuesday's wreck, call the Humane Society at 422-5541 or Wood County Central Communications at 485-8501. Police are attempting to determine the cause of a Tuesday morning crash on the Interstate 77 bridge between Marietta and Williamstown that sent a southbound vehicle tumbling over a concrete barrier ...