Gallia County News

A Mason County woman accused of entering a Gallia County man's home last September and kidnapping him, has entered a guilty plea in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas.

Bethany Simmons Web Producer: Bethany Simmons Reported: Feb. 8, 2012 3:13 PM EST Updated: Feb.

A portion of Third Avenue in Gallipolis was temporarily closed on Tuesday morning after the report of a gas line leak.

Neverland is calling! The French Art Colony's Riverby Theatre Guild is preparing to hold auditions for its summer production, "Peter Pan." Auditions will be held at the French Art Colony Thursday, May 12 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 14 at 11 a.m. Roles are available for youth through adults.

During a regular meeting on Thursday, Ray McKinnis approached the board and expressed his desire to organize a group to help address the needs of the Gallia County Animal Shelter, as well as the needs of all animals in the county.

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.

A Meigs County man wanted on numerous charges in Gallia and Meigs counties was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to steal over $600 in merchandise from the Gallipolis Walmart and fleeing from an officer with the Gallipolis Police Department.

"Ice and snow, take it slow." That's the message from the Ohio Department of Transportation , District 10.

"I cannot just not answer emergency calls. I have to do that. We're duty bound to do that, and we're required by law to hold inmates for the courts," Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning said Friday in regard to ongoing reorganization of the sheriff's office following budget reductions earlier this year.

Amber Gillenwater/photo Officials with Holzer Health Systems were on hand during the recent issuing of proclamations in honor of American Heart Month by the Gallipolis City Commission and the Gallia County Board of Commissioners.

The audience gathered for the annual Gallia County observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Local business owner and former Gallia County Chamber of Commerce President Jay Moore died Wednesday evening while on a family vacation in Mexico, his family has confirmed.

Bethany Simmons Web Producer: Bethany Simmons Reported: Feb. 3, 2012 9:02 AM EST Updated: Feb.

The Gallia County Board of Commissioners provided an update concerning the Kanaugua-Addison Sewer Project during a regular meeting on Thursday.

Briefs from both the defense and prosecution regarding issues raised concerning discovery and possible sanctions against the special prosecutors were recently filed in the case against William McBrayer.

A Gallia County man who was sentenced to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction following a 2010 burglary, recently filed a "motion to correct sentence," citing the passage of Ohio House Bill 86 as a means by which to change his current prison sentence.

A Gallia County woman was recently found guilty of two counts of permitting drug abuse by a jury of her peers in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas.

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

A fugitive from Gallia County was apprehended Thursday morning by officers of the Proctorville police department and the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.

Chancellor Jim Petro is counting on Central State University to help the state reach more African Americans, particularly those whose modest household incomes and academic performance in high school marginalize them as candidates for college.