Meigs County News

The first of two public hearings on a proposed amendment to the Floodplain Regulations Resolution took place on Thursday afternoon during the Meigs County Commissioners meeting.

New "smart board" lessons on nutrition and the role of food producers are now available free to schools as part of the Ohio Livestock Coalition's For Your InFARMation curriculum.

According to Sheriff Robert Beegle, the breaking and enterings at Heart of the Vally School and the B&D Market were discovered last Friday morning.

A Tuesday evening conference call organized by the office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown provided the opportunity for the five Ohio counties facing closure of their respective Farm Service Agency offices to discuss ideas on the topic.

A first step toward organization of a Meigs County support group for families of children with special needs will be taken at a meeting to be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb.

Middleport , Meigs County , Ohio Preying on the innocence of a mentally challenged woman, a former juvenile probation officer is convicted of sexual battery.

Students from Eastern, Meigs and Southern high schools attended the one day event at Meigs High School, with several speakers and presenters taking part.

Racine Village Clerk/Treasurer David Spencer stated that a developer is interested in placing a strip mall type building behind the current Dollar General building.

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.

An extremely unwelcome immigrant has come to Ohio. It is the hemlock wooly adelgid, a tiny creature that feeds on - and destroys - its namesake tree.

Some property owners worry that a proposal for eradicating a tree-killing beetle in southwest Ohio would take down thousands of healthy trees along with the infested ones.

Home National Bank employees Lori Miller, center, and Tina Wood, right, serve pulled pork sandwiches on Friday afternoon at Home National Bank in Racine.

During Thursday's regular weekly meeting, the Meigs County Commissioners signed an agreement to house inmates in the Middleport Jail.

The Meigs County Commissioners have responded with a counter-proposal to a plan put forth recently by the USDA Farm Service Agency to close the Meigs County FSA office and provide services to local farmers through the Gallipolis office which now handles both Gallia and Lawrence counties.

Drillers are eager to tap a vast reservoir of natural gas and oil within shale beneath Ohio, which could employ thousands, but critics say it will also cause pollution.

If a mild winter comes, then questions about the effects on insects are sure to arise in the minds of gardeners.

The Meigs County Citizens Corps Council and the Meigs County Emergency Management Agency will be hosting a Community Emergency Response Team Training during the month of March.

The Meigs County Tea Party finished January's meetings with a forum for political candidates and a discussion relating to upcoming events.

A first step toward transferring Rutland's water and sewer system to the Meigs County Board of Commissioners has been taken by Rutland Village Council.