South Zanesville News

ZANESVILLE - A newly elected Zanesville City Council member thought telling a South Zanesville police officer who he was and what new position he held would get him out of a traffic ticket.

The South Zanesville Christmas parade has become a tradition in our family over many years as I'm sure it has for others.

ZANESVILLE: Mary 'Donita' Lehman, 85, of Zanesville, died 9:25 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009 at Genesis Extended Care Rehab Center following a lengthy illness.

During tough economic times a local group is making sure veterans have a turkey on the table.

ZANESVILLE -- Reggan Gill, 3, of East Fultonham, was witnessing the Zanesville South Holiday Parade for the first time and was loving every minute of it, particularly the horses.

With Christmas nearly a month away it is time for the Zanesville South Business Association Annual Christmas Parade.

ZANESVILLE - Members of the Bakers Local 57, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union picketed the three Wendy's Restaurants in Zanesville on Friday.

The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office is continuing an investigation surrounding a bomb threat at the Community Bank.

The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office was called to the Community Bank in South Zanesville this afternoon to investigate a bomb threat.

ZANESVILLE -- Two parades will kick off the holiday season this weekend. The Santa Arrival parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Colony Square Mall, and the South Zanesville holiday parade will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Zanesville Post of the State Highway Patrol is still investigating a one car accident on Greenhouse Road in South Zanesville.

A large plume of white smoke could be seen for miles in South Zanesville Sunday afternoon.

Some South Zanesville residents need to take extra precautions to use the water coming from their faucets.

ZANESVILLE -- CrimeStoppers could be coming to Muskingum County. County Commissioners met with Muskingum County CrimeStoppers Watch Coordinator Don Jones and Sheriff Matt Lutz Thursday to discuss rolling out the citizen program county-wide in the coming weeks.

NELSONVILLE: Dorothy Louise Glaub, 64, of Nelsonville, died Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:04 p.m. at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital.

COSHOCTON -- As the Internet continues to be a vital part of operating a business, brothers Kasey and Issac Kelly bring their Web expertise to Coshocton.

FRAZEYSBURG - Russell Leonard Buchanan, 89, formerly of Frazeysburg, Ohio, began a new journey.

ZANESVILLE: On October 17, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. at Willow Haven Nursing Home, our mother, step-mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Bettie Longfellow left this world to join her beloved mother, Clara Linna Watson ; father, Howard Lewis ; husbands, William Stickrath and Donald Longfellow .

Some South Zanesville water customers are not happy after learning their water bills are going up 40 percent.

ZANESVILLE: Rosanna J. Brookover, 84, of Zanesville, died at 3:05 a.m. Monday, October 5, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital.