Nelsonville News

Charles Ward fell behind on his mortgage in September, just as his late wife began a losing battle with lung cancer and her medical costs soared.

Court officials called more than 300 potential jurors to the Hocking County Courthouse on Thursday to begin jury selection for the trial of a man charged with slaying his estranged wife.

A man who was ordered to stay away from children by two courts remains in a county jail accused of approaching children at Cenci Park this past week.

If you're feeling a little adventurous this weekend, there are a pair of great music festivals in the region this that are less than a three hour-drive from Cincinnati.

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Officials and residents of a southeast Ohio county are concerned about bills the Appalachian area faces for three murder trials in the slaying of a woman found strangled in a septic tank last year.

Greenleaf Landscapes has long been sending work crews to Athens County and drawing customers from there to its retail shop in Marietta.

Athens County was struck with flash flooding across the county on Friday evening resulting in a fatality in Ames Township.

Heavy rain has caused roads to be flooded in several portions of southeast Ohio.

According to the Athens County Sheriff's Office, 20-year-old Harley Aaron Pruitt was found unconscious and not breathing at 61 Main St.