Vinton News

The first cases of H1N1 flu in Vinton County have been confirmed with connections to a recent 4-H camp, the Vinton County Health Department said Wednesday.

Jurors heard testimony from nine witnesses called by the state during the second day of Brynn K. Martin's trial in Gallia County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.

Ross County's unemployment remained at 11.9 percent in May, well above both the state and national averages.

The State Fire Marshal's Office released information Friday that a man they are looking for has most recently been spotted in Vinton County.

Two clerks at the Cross Creek Convenience Store on U.S. 50 in Vinton County were robbed at gunpoint Friday.

Dr. Clyde Evans looks to utilize his legislative experience crafting fiscal and education policy in the Ohio Senate and is mounting a run for the 17th District seat that includes Gallia County next year.

LAURELVILLE - A Vinton County man has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge after a standoff with police at his home last week.

Gallia County Commissioners approved and signed a letter recommending Woodland Centers Inc.

Two counts of operating a vehicle impaired, failure to control - Christopher E. Manuel, 28, of 4787 Potts Hill Road, all charges dismissed with prejudice except for one count of operating a vehicle impaired, guilty, fined $375 and court costs, sentenced to one-year probation and one day in Ross County Jail, ordered to complete driver intervention ...

COLUMBUS - A state program will help support recycling programs throughout the state, including one in Vinton County.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Theft-related charges are included among several indictments recently unsealed in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Three area men were recently indicted in Gallia County Common Pleas Court in connection with two area burglaries that appear to be related.

COLUMBUS - Water projects in Vinton and Jackson counties are on a priority list for what Ohio intends to use $278 million in federal stimulus money for, it was recently announced.

GALLIPOLIS a ' Almost half of the amount taken in by Gallia County in the first half property tax collection of 2009 will go to support its two public school districts.

A home invasion in Vinton County has led to the arrest of a Gallia County man. According to the Vinton County Sheriff's Office, Lacey Jose Wolford, 24, is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on second-degree burglary and fifth-degree theft charges after he allegedly entered the home of an 83-year-old man on South High Street in ...

The State Highway Patrol district that includes Ross and Pike counties posted the highest number of drug arrests by patrol troopers in the state during 2008, according to numbers released this week.

Representatives of the offices of U.S. Reps. Zack Space and Charlie Wilson recently met with local officials and community members at the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College to discuss working together on broadband initiatives in the Appalachian Ohio region.

Nearly $1 million in federal landowner assistance funds and technical advice from a forester are available in a 22-county area that includes Ross and Pike for woodland owners interested in controlling invasive species.

To say Gallia County Engineer Brett Boothe is pleased about getting $400,000 in federal stimulus money for road projects is putting it mildly.

A proposal to build a tower housing the original Vinton High School bell has gotten an informal vote of support from the Gallia County Local Board of Education.