Rio Grande News

With unemployment approaching the 10 percent mark and 31 percent of local residents receiving some form of public assistance, Gallia County residents are facing tough times - with children quite possibly facing the greatest difficulty of all.

GALLIPOLIS a ' A Huntington, W.Va., man has been charged with eight felony counts in Gallia County Common Pleas Court in connection with the possession and trafficking of more than 1,300 Oxycontin pills.

State Representative Clyde Evans will be holding open door public meetings for constituents in southern Ohio.

RIO GRANDE a ' The makeup of the Rio Grande Village Council has changed following the official recount of the Nov.

Jack R. Spires was charged with four counts of burglary and one count of breaking and entering during the last session of the Gallia County Grand Jury.

University of Rio Grande's Jacquie Whittle was named as one of the Mid-South Conference Volleyball Players of the Week.

Racial slurs written in permanent black marker inside a dorm room at an Ohio university has some students ready to transfer.

GALLIPOLIS a ' This off-year election cycle is quickly coming to a conclusion. In addition to a pair of countywide issues and a handful of township fire protection levies, voters in Gallia County will also make decisions about leadership positions in the City of Gallipolis, villages of Centerville, Cheshire, Crown City, Rio Grande and Vinton, both ...

Unioto won its seventh straight district championship Saturday in the Division II southeast district race at the University of Rio Grande.

Construction has finally begun on the new Family Dollar coming to the village of Rio Grande.

Showers of silver sparks shimmer in the sky during the third annual Rockets Over Rio Fireworks Extravaganza at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College Saturday.

The Gallia-Vinton ESC in partnership with the American Institute for History Education has been awarded a federal Teaching American History Grant for $497,000 over a three year period by the U.S. Department of Education.

More than 100 citizens turned up at the Gallipolis City Park Saturday morning to raise money in the plight of Alzheimer's disease during the first annual Memory Walk in Gallia County.

RIO GRANDE a ' Reports of H1N1, commonly known as the swine flu, have surfaced at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College as well in the city of Gallipolis.

Even in this part of the state where agriculture is king, "down on the farm" can mean only one place: the Bob Evans ranch.

The University of Rio Grande held a solemn and powerful ceremony on Friday, Sept.

The Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges will hold its 42nd Annual Conference at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College campus this fall.

RIO GRANDE -- For more than a year, 'One Rio' has been the intent of the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College.

Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley has been named the new president of both the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, according to a press release issued from the school.

The Indiana University East volleyball team continued its winning streak, improving to 5-0 Friday with a win at the University of Rio Grande 25-17, 26-24, 25-23. Brandie Sanders had nine kills and 19 digs.