Guernsey County News

"I had three kids, so I had to give up my sports car to have enough money," noted a student of his experience in Buckeye Trail Middle School's "Real Money.

Several monuments can be seen outside the DAV on North Avenue in Cambridge. The names of those Guernsey County natives killed in action beginning with the War of 1812 are etched on one monument.

The insect, which is blamed in the death of millions of ash trees in a number of states, now has been found in 59 Ohio counties.

Ava McCulloch, 3, is rising above the challenges of spina bifida. Spina bifida is a developmental birth defect caused by the incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube in the spine.

Michael Neilson/The Daily Jeffersonian/www.buyjeffphotos.com Cambridge police officer Ptl.

The community is invited to "an evening of blues" music on the Guernsey County Courthouse lawn from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 26.

The Cambridge High School Class of 2012 graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in the school gymnasium.

The pest was found earlier this month at the Cracker Barrel in Zanesville, said Brett Gates, ODA spokesperson.

Nearly a year ago she received a call from a business owner in Williamsport, Pa.

The Guernsey County Sheriff's Office is investigating a pair of unrelated theft incidents reported in the Byesville area during a span of less than 24 hours from Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning.

Celebrating National and Ohio Foster Care Month, Jo Weidman, treatment foster care program coordinator at Children Services, said foster parents are true "superheroes" by making a difference in the life of a child.

I have been taking my collie to the county home to visit the residents for a year now, and many... ZANESVILLE -- The South East Area Transit -- the regional transportation authority for Muskingum and Guernsey counties and provider of Z-Bus service -- has violated numerous federal and state regulations, an audit shows.

Convicted killer Michael P. Smith, xx, of Cambridge, was sentenced to 41 years to life Wednesday in the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court for killing 21-year-old Kyle Carter in March 2011.

Jamial Bayly, an Ohio dad, admitted to putting his child in a clothes dryer as punishment, police say.

Michael Neilson/The Daily Jeffersonian/www.buyjeffphotos.com Craig Bates, Guernsey County maintenance supervisor, cleans one of the statues in front of the Guernsey County Courthouse Monday in preparation of next Monday's Memorial Day program.

On May 11, Copers Cancer Support Group and Southeastern Med Relay For Life team locked local cancer survivors and community members in a cage to raise money for the Guernsey County Relay For Life.

A group of researchers claim that Bigfoot is real, and say there are have been sightings of the creature in Ohio.

At the recent meeting of the Guernsey County Community Development Corporation, the Board of Directors authorized assistance in the form a of a monetary donation to help the Meadowbrook Colt Cheerleaders purchase new warm-up suits, new pom-poms and new uniforms.

Entries are being sought for the Memorial Day parade in Byesville May 28. Lineup will be at 1 p.m. on Glass Avenue, with step-off at 2 p.m. For information, call either Jay Jackson, 260-3088, or Alice at the VFW, 685-6033. Tables are available for rental for the The House of Samuel's ninth annual Community Yard Sale and Benefit Auction taking place ... (more)

I flew up to Carroll County this week to look at the densest concentration of horizontal wells so far in eastern Ohio.