Pomeroy News

The first of two public hearings on a proposed amendment to the Floodplain Regulations Resolution took place on Thursday afternoon during the Meigs County Commissioners meeting.

That's the message from the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District which is not only asking residents not to litter, but is requesting their help at a litter clean-up event on Valentine's Day.

Gerald R. Crawford, 82, Pomeroy, died at 9:20 p.m. on February 6, 2012, in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, W.Va. A graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the Letart Falls Cemetery in the chapel with Father Thomas J. Fehr officiating.

For the first time in it's 111-year existence, the Meigs County Public Library will be looking to the community it serves to help with its funding.

June Stewart of New Haven, W.Va. and Wesley Herrick of Middleport, Ohio were united in marriage Nov.

Hartwell House is a gift shop along Main Street in Pomeroy, Ohio. We are conveniently located along the scenic Ohio River.

As work on the telephone poles on Main Street in Pomeroy continued this week, a postcard from the late 1800s/early 1900s reminds villagers of the way the store fronts looked before the poles were but in place in the early 1900s.

The Meigs County Citizens Corps Council and the Meigs County Emergency Management Agency will be hosting a Community Emergency Response Team Training during the month of March.

Ernest Eugene Imboden, 74, of Middleport, Ohio passed away on January 27, 2012. He was born on July 26, 1937 in Minersville son of the late Ernest Imboden and Neva Mae Roush Grimm.

We just ask that you keep things civil. Leave out the personal attacks. Do not use offensive language, ethnic or racial slurs, or assail anyone's personal or religious beliefs.

One inmate escaped the Meigs County Jail on Monday afternoon according to Meigs County Sheriff Robert Beegle.

We just ask that you keep things civil. Leave out the personal attacks. Do not use offensive language, ethnic or racial slurs, or assail anyone's personal or religious beliefs.

Ernest Eugene Imboden, 74, of Middleport, Ohio passed away on January 27, 2012. He was born on July 26, 1937 in Minersville son of the late Ernest Imboden and Neva Mae Roush Grimm.

Under the Amended Housing Ordinance and Building Code passed by the Village Council earlier this month, all rental housing units within the village must be registered with the Village of Pomeroy.

A Meigs County woman is reportedly in good condition following a one-vehicle rollover that occurred on Monday afternoon north of Gallipolis.

A brief progress report on the new athletic complex at Meigs High School was given by Penny Mullen, RVC architect, at Tuesday night's meeting of the Meigs Local School Board.

With the deadline fast approaching, Meigs County Dog Warden Tom Proffitt will be selling dog tags at various places throughout the county.

A new part-time police officer was hired, and two contracts for township fire protection were signed at the Monday night meeting of Middleport Village Council.

A public meeting was held on Monday evening, allowing those involved in the project and grant application to discuss the possibility of the grant.

Several members of local chapters of "Right to Life" joined the thousands of people who attended the thirty-ninth "March for Life" on Jan.