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Alexander Local School Levy Falls 21 Votes Short Across Three Counties in Ohio

ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander Local School District’s proposed 0.75% earned income tax levy failed by just 21 votes on Tuesday, according to unofficial election night results from the Athens, Meigs and Vinton county boards of elections. A total of 2,428 voters rejected the measure and 2,407 supported it, the Athens County Independent and The […]

Athens County, OH · 3d

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Zanesville’s First Chick-fil-A Opens Nov. 5 With Police Traffic Plan

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Zanesville’s first Chick-fil-A opens at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, on Maple Avenue, and Zanesville police say officers will be on hand to keep traffic moving if opening-day lines spill onto one of the city’s busiest commercial corridors. The restaurant, at 3541 Maple Ave., is marking its debut with a “Moove-In Party” […]

Zanesville, OH · 2d

Athens Messenger

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Speaker to discuss the Civil War, politics and the creation of West Virginia

ATHENS, Ohio — The Southeast Ohio History Center’s Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series will host author and United States District Judge Edmund Sargus of Belmont County, Ohio, on Nov. 19 at noon. Sargus will talk about the creation of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War. Sargus and fellow authors, Eric Wittenberg and Penny Barrick wrote Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia. Their thesis presents a unique legal, social, and political analysis of how the western counties of Virginia broke away to form a new state when Virginia decided to join the Confederacy. Their book chronicles the unprecedented mechanism used to create West Virginia during a national emergency. It focuses on the constitutional questions that deeply concerned President Abraham Lincoln, who went as far as polling his entire cabinet before signing the statehood bill. Edmund Sargus is an alumnus of Brown University and Case Western University School of Law. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1995. The Southeast Ohio History Center is located at 24 West State St. in Athens. For more

Athens, OH · 20h

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Muskingum County Fair Board Turns Over After Year of Resignations, New President Named

The Muskingum County fair board looks very different than it did a year ago. Only two incumbents kept their seats in the board’s Oct. 28 election, two members who resigned in January won their way back, and Denny Mozena was named the board’s new president at its Nov. 3 meeting, replacing Jerry Miller — capping […]

Muskingum County, OH · 1d

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Nelsonville statutory council responds to city manager contract

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Nelsonville’s statutory city council group met Monday, Nov. 2 and repealed three measures recently adopted by the opposing charter-based city council, including an ordinance that extended the city manager’s contract through 2035. The text of the statutory council’s ordinance notes that Issue 23 abolished...

Nelsonville, OH · 2d

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Second data center proposed in Waterford Township

A second data center project is being considered in Waterford Township, according to a letter Washington County Commissioner Charlie Schilling read Thursday.

Washington County, OH · 2d

Times Recorder

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Public Records: Muskingum County marriages, divorces and dissolutions

Marriage licenses issued Muskingum County Oct. 1 Trenton Lee Luby, Nashport, and Jessie Taylor Jones, Frazeysburg Russell Lee Ditto III and Mary C. Trexler, Zanesville Oct. 2 Dow Anthony Cameron Jr., Zanesville, and Holly Jade Eubanks, Cambridge Matthew Alexander Wisecarver and Hope Blossom Maziar, Zanesville Levi Charles Huhn and Sydney Grace Ann Johnson, Cumberland Jereth Michael Bechstein and Christy Lynn Higgins, Zanesville Daril J. Tharp and Carin J. Taylor, Roseville Wyatt Austin Weidig and Nicolette Elizabeth Johnson, Zanesville Cauble J. Daniel and Dawn E. Miller, Hopewell Kenneth Edward Wyman II, Pickerington, and Sara Ilene Strauss, Zanesville Andrew Dalton Browning, Zanesville, and Gabrielle Lee Guiler, Macksburg Christian Jacob Carseyand Elizabeth Coleen Gilmore, Zanesville Alexander Louis Niner and Macey Felumlee, Zanesville Jeff K. Foster and Melissa Kay Dendinger, Zanesville Ashley Brooke Miller, Hopewell, and Hunter William Samson, Zanesville Kimberly Sue St. Clair, Zanesville, and William Stuart Evans, Cadiz Janee Lee Williams and Madison May Shepherd, Zanesville Oct. 5 Zakery Dean Sheridan, Zanesville, and Peyton Linae Roberts, Morrisville, North Carolina Johnathan Marshall Barker, Dresden, and Tyi Nicole Schooley, Zanesville Michael Deshaun Morris and Shania Dawn Tilton, Zanesville Kenneth Raymond Gerald Goslin and Taylor Nicole Starkey, Zanesville Ryan James Rardain and Terin Linne Seevers,

Muskingum County, OH · 1d

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Morgan County High School marching band highlights local history in America 250 show

MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio (WTAP) — Under the Friday night stadium lights, the Morgan County High School marching band is bringing more than just school spirit to the field this fall. Through their halftime performance, students are sharing the story and heritage of their own community. Titled “An American Portrait,” the...

Morgan County, OH · 2d

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Troy Balderson Holds Ohio’s 12th District Seat With Zanesville Base Intact

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson has retained his seat in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District, defeating Democratic challenger Jerrad Christian in Tuesday’s general election. CNN and NBC News called the race for Balderson at about 10:14 p.m., the Columbus Dispatch reported, and the Scioto Valley Guardian also projected Balderson the winner in its […]

Ohio · 3d

The Logan Daily News

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Prosecutor claims public records battle has compelled her to hire another staffer

In a motion seeking to dismiss a citizen’s request for a court order in a legal dispute over public records, the Hocking County Prosecutor’s office claims that plaintiff Melanie Ogle is pursuing her litigation “for the sole purpose of harassing the office of the Hocking County Prosecuting Attorney and wasting taxpayer money.” The motion complains that Ogle “continues to bombard the Hocking County Prosecuting Attorney’s office with frivolous and baseless public records requests and litigation to the point where the prosecutor has been forced to hire an additional assistant prosecutor.” Ogle, who lives in Rockbridge, submitted a public records request to the prosecutor’s office in June 2025, seeking records related to past criminal cases involving her and her husband. She found the office’s response unsatisfactory, and filed a complaint with the Ohio Court of Claims. In May of this year that court ruled that Ogle’s records request was “overly broad and unenforceable.” She then appealed that ruling to Ohio’s Fourth District Court of Appeals, and is also seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Prosecutor Jennifer Graham to produce the records Ogle has asked for. As it has done in other court filings, however, the prosecutor’s office continues to insist

Hocking County, OH · 20h

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Jay Edwards lost hometown vote in state race

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Nelsonville’s former State Representative Jay Edwards, a Republican, not only lost the race for Ohio treasurer statewide, but also each precinct in his hometown. Ohio Treasurer of State-elect Seth Walsh, a Democrat, received just around 50,000 votes more than Edwards in the state treasurer’s race,...

Nelsonville, OH · 2d

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Athens levy results in, Health Department levy not approved

Athens County residents across 14 townships voted for or against tax levies this Election Day. Of the proposed 23 property tax levies and two income tax levies county-wide, 16 property levies and both income levies passed. Seven levies were not approved in different townships and villages, including the levy related...

Athens, OH · 4d

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In local races, Republicans outperformed in fundraising

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — Republicans running for Ohio House and the Fourth District Court of Appeals received far more campaign contributions than Democratic candidates leading into the 2026 general election, especially the race for House District 94. Here’s a look at how contributions tallied up. This data is...

Ohio · 2d

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Levy for Alexander schools fails by narrow margin

ALBANY, Ohio — A proposed 0.75% tax levy to benefit the Alexander Local School District failed Tuesday night by 21 votes, according to unofficial election night results from the Athens, Meigs and Vinton county election boards. The levy would have generated an estimated $1 million for local schools over the next five years.

Athens County, OH · 4d

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Rural Action project offers extended flood maps

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — Athens County residents have a new tool to better understand flood risk, thanks to a project led by Rural Action. The project expands flood maps for Athens County into areas that did not yet have flood maps available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Like the FEMA maps, the Rural Action maps visualize the 100-year floodplain, highlighting areas that have historically flooded on average every 100 years or more.

Athens County, OH · 2d

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Muskingum County Fair Board Overhauled as Two Former Members Return

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — After a year of resignations and arguments over direction, Muskingum County’s agricultural society voters chose a sharply different fair board: only two incumbents kept their seats Oct. 28, and two former members who resigned this year won their way back. The results, reported by the Zanesville Times Recorder, were followed Nov. 3 […]

Muskingum County, OH · 2d

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Meigs County Board of Developmental Disabilities levy fails

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio (WTAP) - A levy on the ballot in Meigs County to help fund the Board of Developmental Disabilities failed in Tuesday’s election. The levy was set to fund available services, such as staff salaries and waivers. Superintendent Bret Malone said the board plans to put the levy back on the ballot in the next election.

Meigs County, OH · 3d

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Nelsonville moves to establish charter review commission

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Nelsonville’s charter-based city council held a special meeting Monday, Nov. 2, to review several ordinances that were tabled at a marathon session the previous week, including an ordinance that would create a commission to make recommendations for amendments to the city’s charter. The council...

Nelsonville, OH · 2d

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Meigs County Unofficial Results: 53.83% Turnout, Manuel Returns as Commissioner

Meigs County voters turned out at 53.83% in the Nov. 3 general election and returned Zachary B. Manuel as county commissioner, according to the Meigs County Board of Elections’ unofficial cumulative results, with all 27 of 27 precincts reporting. The board reported 7,699 ballots cast from 14,303 registered voters. Manuel, a Republican, ran unopposed for […]

Meigs County, OH · 3d