Patriot News

Jim and Kim Skidmore, Thurman, Ohio, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Skidmore, to Derrek Keith Duty.

After previously serving time in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for theft and breaking and entering, a Vinton man was recently sentenced to a stint in a state penal facility after pleading guilty to breaking and entering for an offense that occurred in 2011.

Doug and Pat Miller of Patriot, Ohio, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Ashley Marie Miller of Patriot, Ohio, to Gary Dale Horsley of Grove City, Ohio, son of Norm and Vicki Horsley of Grove City, Ohio.

A A Gallia County man was flown to a Columbus area hospital on Friday afternoon following a two-vehicle accident in Gallipolis.

According to a press release issued by the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, a mini van being driven by Morgan Hammond, 66, Patriot, was traveling southbound on Dry Ridge Road in Greenfield Township when the vehicle drove off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree.