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ZANESVILLE − The Muskingum County Engineer's Office has announced two road closures for culvert replacements from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Old Wheeling Road will be closed from Monday to Tuesday from East Pike to Fulkerson Road. Zane Grey Road will be closed Monday to Friday from Sundale Road to Zane Trace Road.

ZANESVILLE − Zanesville Police and the Muskingum County Juvenile Court are ready to start charging kids with disorderly conduct, throwing or shooting missiles and other criminal acts associated with the misuse of gel guns, according to Zanesville Sgt. Matt Popadak, after seeing a huge uptick in incidents. “We’ve also called our SROs (School Resource Officers) and asked them to make an announcement, whether it’s an assembly or something, to let these kids know this is getting out...

DRESDEN – It’s a partnership that’s "pretty perfect." “Growing up, I wanted to be a doctor,” recalled Amanda Reisinger. “But life took me in a very different direction, and in my early 20s began a career in higher education doing financial aid. Never in a million years did I think I would ever own a pizza shop.”

ZANESVILLE − Zanesville and Maysville high schools will soon have health clinics inside their buildings for medical, dental and women’s health services after each received an Appalachian Community Grant.Maysville received $283,000 while Zanesville received $1.3 million.Each clinic will be staffed with a nurse practitioner, an LPN and a mental health specialist.“Basically, we operate as an office inside their building,” said Rick Fulkerson, chief administrative officer of Muskingum Valley Health Centers, whose agency has been partnering with several local school districts including Zanesville and Maysville with the School Link and mobile health unit programs. “Integration is what really makes it work.”According to Fulkerson, the School Link program literally links high schools with one of MVHC’s nearby clinics, but that can be problematic.“Transportation is still a hurdle with that set up,” said Fulkerson. “Our mobile unit eliminates transportation issues, but then creates a barrier to access, since the units are only available at certain times.”Being fully integrated into the buildings and working hand-in-hand with the school nurse is what makes the program really work.“It’s basically an urgent care located inside the school building,” Fulkerson said, adding that staff and students alike have access to the elevated healthcare. “Not only are we exposing kids to healthcare early on, so they learn how to get proper care and take care of themselves, but we’re also eliminating barriers to care. One of which is working parents. Now parents don’t have to leave to work to take a child to the doctor. The doctor is in the building.”The Appalachian Community Grant Program was instituted in 2022 by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik in conjunction with the Ohio General Assembly.The overall program funneled $500 million into Ohio’s 32-county Appalachian region to transform these communities through economic development projects. The Zanesville and Maysville in-house clinic projects were recipients of the Appalachian Children’s Health Initiative money under the Appalachian Community Grant Program.“It’s a vital service. We see higher attendance and better overall physical and mental health (because of these MVHC health programs),” said Maysville Superintendent Brian Blum. “The governor being able to put this much money aside to help us, it’s like he singled out Maysville and asked how he could help. That’s how it feels to us.”The clinics are not free to students and staff, but they also don’t turn anyone away.“We take all insurances,” said Fulkerson. “But if a family doesn’t have resources or insurance, we will find a way to help them.”The Appalachian Children’s Health Initiative is a more than $64M investment that includes dozens of projects to improve access to healthcare in 36 communities across 20 Appalachian counties in Ohio. It is the largest investment in school-based health services in the state of Ohio.

The small Perry County villages of Corning and Rendville are fairly sedate places today, but such was not always the case. In the late 19th century they were rowdy mining towns where the law held little sway, and brawls, gunfights and even lynchings were not uncommon. Some of this violence was probably due to heavy drinking, in communities where saloons were abundant. But much of it was also the result of labor unrest, and ferocious struggles by poorly paid mine workers to wrest concessions from...

ZANESVILLE − Dorothy Montgomery is celebrating 70 years as a volunteer for Muskingum County 4-H. The local 4-H committee has several plans to honor her throughout 2024. Individuals impacted by her time as a 4-H volunteer are encouraged to submit handwritten notes and photos with their favorite 4-H memory or story of Montgomery's impact to the Ohio State University of Muskingum County Extension Office, 225 Underwood St. Submissions will be put in a scrapbook and presented to Montgomery on Sunday of the Muskingum County Fair during the 4-H awards ceremony.

ZANESVILLE − The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced resurfacing of Ohio 284 from the Morgan County line to Ohio 146 in Muskingum County with estimated completion in October. Work will start on May 29 with Ohio 284 closed to traffic for 60 days from the county line to...

Editor's Note: The Times Recorder is profiling seniors from area high schools in Muskingum County coinciding with graduations. They were nominated by school administrators. NEW CONCORD − Chance Crawford, 18, was in his sophomore year at Maysville High School when tragedy struck. First, the aunt he lived with since the age of 4 died unexpectedly of a respiratory condition in September, and, just months later, his mother died of an overdose in March.

The following are restaurant inspections with critical violations, as conducted by the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department, between April 15 and May 4. April 15 Aldi Foods, 3500 Maple Ave., Zanesville. Raw chicken is stored over beef and pork in the walk-in cooler. ...

COSHOCTON — The bats came to life early for Indian Valley and Tri-Valley on Monday. The eighth-seeded Braves plated three runs in the top of the first inning, but the second-seeded Scotties answered with seven in the home half. That support allowed Tri-Valley ace Brady Kaufman to settle in,...

When you drive east into Muskingum County on Interstate 70, there’s a large billboard perched on a hill above some farmland. It reads “Columbus Criminals. Turn Back Now. Prison awaits you in Muskingum County. Zero Tolerance for drugs, theft and violence.”. There's a second electric billboard that can...

Divorces April 1 Tonya Bennett and Derek Bennett April 10 ...