Somerset News

SOMERSET -- With 20 years of leadership in historical preservation work in Perry County, Joanne Hoover of Somerset received the Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area Lifetime Achievement award at OHCHA's Roamin' the Hills event at the Glenford Native American Fort Oct.

SOMERSET: Mary Rita Snider, 62, of Somerset, died at 7:44 p.m. Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the O.S.U. Medical Center after a short illness.

SOMERSET -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal crashes in Perry County.

To those driving by the Central American Medical Outreach headquarters on Wedgewood Avenue, it might have looked for all the world like a full-scale barn raising was going on.

Two suspects in a Somerset home invasion pled guilty to burglaries in Muskingum County Monday.

SOMERSET: Dale Edwin Garey, 87, of Somerset, Ohio, died at 7:08 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Autumn Health-care of Somerset.

NEW LEXINGTON - Matt Plaisted, of 3595 Palmer Road, New Lexington, had his home destroyed by fire Friday afternoon, according to the American Red Cross.

Donnely Barber of Down Hummingbird Lane shop in Somerset handmade a full-size quilt that she donated to the Perry County Library Lovers Committee.

A Somerset woman was killedin a one-vehicle accident around 5 a.m. Monday on Route 31, one-half mile east of White Horse Road in Allegheny Township.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saunders of Zanesville celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary on September 13, 2009.

NEW LEXINGTON -- The annual Perry County Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct.

NEW LEXINGTON: Robert S. Lyons, 86, passed away Friday at his residence. He was born September 25, 1923 in Somerset.

NEW LEXINGTON: Rita E. Wollenberg, 87, passed away September 22, 2009 at Autumn Health Care Center, Somerset.

NEW LEXINGTON -- Booming cannons, ringing church bells, melodic bagpipes, musket smoke and dresses and uniforms evocative of the Civil and Revolutionary war eras are just some of the sights and sounds that will fill central Perry County on Saturday.

SOMERSET: Rev. Msgr. John T. Dittoe, age 91, died Monday, September 14, 2009 after a brief illness.

The Civil Air Patrol announced the following cadets were promoted at a ceremony Sept.

LANCASTER -- The classic food and friendly atmosphere of an old diner are once again being served at a familiar downtown location with an unfamiliar name.

ZANESVILLE -- After being indicted in Perry County last month to planning a break-in of her great-grandparents' house, a Zanesville woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a break-in of her grandmother's house.

Wed, Sep 02, 2009. 02:24 PM Two of the four people arrested last month in connection with a home invasion appeared in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court today.

SOMERSET - Four individuals, including the great-granddaughter of one of the victims, are in custody in connection with an alleged burglary/armed robbery last week.