Newport News

Wind Chill: 51 F "The most wonderful time of the year" doesn't just apply to the Christmas shopping season.

A Newport man, whose 80-year-old mother was discovered two months ago living in a Long Run Road home covered with animal feces, was indicted by a Washington County Grand Jury this week.

After viewing recent photos and meeting with the owner of Grandview Trailer Park, which has been at the center of numerous complaints, Wood County commissioners decided to give property owner Don Hohman an additional 30 days to finish removing the condemned trailers and clear the sites.

The Frontier Middle School eighth grade class is sponsoring a Big Buck Contest during Ohio's regular gun season, Nov.

NEWPORT - Christopher Columbus would not have made much headway on his 1492 voyage had every day on the high seas been like the soggy and still conditions encountered Thursday on the Ohio River.

Conditions at the Newport property where an elderly woman lived with her son and dozens of sick and malnourished cats and dogs "created two dwellings that should not be inhabited by animals, let alone people," according to the Washington County Health Department.

Take your lunch to Fountain Square, where you can sit back and enjoy the Oktoberfest wiener dog races, noon-1 p.m., Downtown.

The following criteria are used to define animal hoarding: More than the typical number of companion animals.

Five charges of animal cruelty have been filed against a Newport man accused of keeping more than 50 animals - and his mother - in filthy, unsanitary conditions.

Washington County Sheriff officials say last week they found a local woman in poor health and living in deplorable conditions in home on Long Run Road in Newport, Ohio.

The large animal livestock sales finished out the Washington County Fair on Tuesday.

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The project will widen a 1,220-foot section of the road by five feet on either side and add a center turning lane.

The clean-up is underway Monday on both sides of the Ohio River from Sunday night's Riverfest celebrations.

FROM CITY of CINCINNATI TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING: DOWNTOWN STREETS OPEN FOR RIVERFEST Parking Available in Garages and Lots September 6, 2009 More than a quarter million people will make their way to the Ohio River this year to enjoy several entertainment venues, including the Citya s annual Riverfest celebration which will include the spectacular ...

10 a.m.: Washington County Fair parade, downtown Marietta. Noon: Midway opens. 1 p.m.: 16th annual Little Prince and Princess Contest, Civitan Park.

Temp: 75.0 F The Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at 12:45 PM.

Temp: 75.0 F The Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at 12:45 PM.

For more information: Washington County Board of Elections, 374-6828. With less than two weeks remaining until the filing deadline for November's election, 14 races in Washington County remain without any candidates and an additional 14 races don't have enough candidates to fill the available seats.

Two murders and an attempted murder within a week last July may not have been out of the ordinary for some areas, but for a community that hadn't seen a homicide in nearly four years, it left most people in shock.