Hocking County News

Rate increased took effect a couple of weeks after state regulators approved them in December, according to the Associated Press.

LOGAN, Ohio - A newspaper reports a coroner in Ohio has changed the ruling in the 1972 death of a woman whose widower killed three people and himself this year in front of his second wife - the first wife's sister.

A new program offered by faculty and students from the Ohio State University Medical Center provides solutions for farmers struggling with arthritis.

Do you come from a large family - with 3 or more kids - that's always looking to save money? We... George Ambro takes notes Tuesday during a question and answer session with representatives from the law firm of Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie and Hampson about oil and natural gas leases.

A West Portsmouth man, who already is in prison in Hocking County as a sexual predator, is facing additional charges of child pornography.

Cathedrals of the Woods; that's what I call those rare, special areas of the southeastern Ohio woods, the deep, cool valleys, blessed by a rare combination of geography and alignment, where the sun strikes only at midday.

The Ohio Supreme Court is continuing a trend of rulings that declare personal information in government records as exempt from release under the state's public records laws.

Central Ohio is continuing to pay a price for yesterday's soaking rain in the form of more road closures and flood warnings.

It's one thing to plan a budget, buy food, clothe and support a family of four -- but try taking... CHILLICOTHE -- The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced Ohio 327 in Ross County will be closed Wednesday for a culvert replacement project.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for small creeks and streams in Washington county until 4:15 a,.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flood WARNING for Washington County until 4:15 a.m. due to heavy rainfall.

There are about a dozen Central Ohio counties under flood watches Thursday. Two of the worst spots of flooding are the Scioto River near Circleville and the Hocking River near Logan.

Maybe now Joe Paterno can be at peace, something that had to be impossible in the last 11 weeks of... It's one thing to plan a budget, buy food, clothe and support a family of four -- but try taking... LANCASTER - For John W. Wallace, an attempt to help his son ended after it turned into a wrong-way, one-way trip to the county jail on an OVI ... (more)

A terminally ill woman has died days after her husband fatally shot their adult son and her two sisters in front of her at a southeastern Ohio home, then killed himself.