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A Wheelersburg man faces burglary charges in connection with a series car burglaries.

Chadwick Gary, 38, is charged with one count of burglary and one count of theft from a vehicle.

Felman Production LLC plans to temporarily idle one of three electric arc furnaces at its ferroalloys plant in New Haven and lay off union workers.

The company says in a news release that several management and contract positions already have been eliminated.

A woman who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-year-old boy walking along a rural Ohio road last fall has been sentenced to prison for eight years.

Meigs County police have been in a standoff for nearly 20 hours.

A house in Harrison Township was leveled by a large explosion.

Wayne County High's principal is making students accused of vandalizing the school with deer carcasses clean today and tomorrow.

Wayne County High's principal says students accused of vandalizing the school with deer carcasses will be allowed to graduate if they clean up the mess.
    

UPDATE 4:48 p.m. Shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, a domestic dispute turned stand-off with police that began around noon on Monday finally concluded in Meigs County.

UPDATE 8:40 p.m. The Hocking Hills State Park has endured three fatalities and a fourth major fall this year in which one individual managed to survive, but the summer months and peak of hiking season have yet to begin.

A standoff involving several law enforcement agencies is underway in rural Meigs County Ohio.

The situation is taking place about two miles out State Route 248 from State Route 7 in Chester Township.

Newly minted Ohio University Journalism alumna Sara Salman has her eye set on becoming a foreign correspondent. 

With a still-warm sheepskin in hand she has a better chance than others in her class as her youth has been spent on the international stage.

Kentucky law enforcement officers are beginning a week of traffic patrols for the Memorial Day holiday focusing on making sure motorists are wearing seat belts.

The 2013 "Click It or Ticket" campaign begins Monday and runs through June 2.

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