Morgan County News

MALTA -- While the U.S. Congress debates health care reform in Washington, D.C., plans already are in place to greatly reform health care in Morgan County with the construction of a new Muskingum Valley Health Center building on Main Street in Malta.

More than five months after a mother of three was found dead in her Morgan County home, a McConnelsville teen has pleaded guilty to five charges in connection with her death.

The body of Abi S. Matthews, a 35-year-old college student and mother of three, was discovered on June 2 in her Malta apartment.

A Morgan County teen is facing life in prison after pleading guilty today to the murder of a single mother earlier this year.

Perry County Court Judge Dean Wilson Oct. 22 Darrell Limings, 48, 11870 Ohio 204, Thornville, operating a vehicle under the influence, $650 and costs, 180 days jail, 160 days suspended, one-year license suspension.

Rufus Putnam Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, having members in Morgan and Muskingum counties, hosted its annual Harvest Banquet at theStockport Mill Country Inn on Oct.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has a reached a settlement with a Morgan County Company.

Corinithian Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons are conducting its annual pecan sale.

McCONNELSVILLE -- On a warm, sunny day of Indian summer, with perfect blue, cloudless skies, it is generally preferred not to imagine ice and snowstorms.

A drive through Burr Oak State Park is an autumn treat. Burr Oak State Park Lodge is a great place to enjoy the view.

I am searching for information about the family of Justice Irwin. Born Morgan County Ohio about 1833.

The search is on in McConnelsville for a prisoner who escaped the Morgan County Jail Thursday afternoon shortly before 3 p.m. Authorities are on the look out for 19-year-old Christopher Lee Clark.

The countdown to Christmas is a little more than two months away, but one local organization is already prepping for the holiday season.

Morgan County Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Morgan County Historical Society Museum, 169 E. Main St.

MALTA - A Confederate general from the Civil War will be recognized Saturday in Morgan County, where he was born.

Temp: 55.0 F Font Size: The Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that happened Saturday 7:15 in the evening on State Route 83 in Morgan County.

McCONNELSVILLE -- Morgan County Chamber of Commerce will hold a fundraiser Oct.

McCONNELSVILLE - Two "MacGyver bombs" were discovered at Morgan High School on Friday, causing an evacuation of the school.

McCONNELSVILLE: Janet Irene Oliver, 72, of 52 N. 7th Street Rear passed away Monday, September 28, 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic In Cleveland.

MCCONNELSVILLE: Donald R. Ogg, 89, of 43 N. 9th St. McConnelsville, passed away Thursday September 24, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. at the Genesis Health & Rehabilitation Center in McConnelsville.