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Amount Of Hazardous Material Seeping From Landfill Unknown
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is not sure how much hazardous material is escaping from the Green I Landfill located along Hunters Woods Road, according to EPA Spokesperson Heather Lauer…. Read More
Infants who Test Positive for Drugs Increases
Each of the three counties served by South Central Ohio Job & Family Services has seen an increase in the number of infants who tested positive for drugs at birth…. Read More
Man Dives Into Lake Logan While Trying To Elude Deputies
A 26-year-old Logan man was pulled from Lake Logan with symptoms of hypothermia last week after jumping into the freezing cold water in an alleged attempt to elude deputies. Three… Read More
New Straitsville Police Chief Charged With Seven Felonies
New Straitsville Police Chief Kevin Groves has pleaded innocent to seven felonies following his recent indictment by a grand jury in Hocking County. One of his alleged victims is Hocking… Read More
Hocking Co. Commissioner Calls For Division Of Solid Waste District Assets
Hocking County Commissioner Clark Sheets Jr. has said he wants to divide the assets of the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District because the district’s contract with the non-profit group that operates… Read More
Inmate Found Dead at SEORJ
An inmate at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail was found dead in his cell early Friday morning in an apparent suicide. SEORJ Warden Jeremy Tolson confirmed Monday that Danny Wallace, 38,… Read More
Search underway for suspect in East Front Street meth lab
Local law enforcement are asking for the public’s help in finding Lloyd Williams, who allegedly fled from his parents’ home on East Front Street at about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday. Deputies… Read More
Man Indicted On 38 Counts Of Sex Crimes Involving Juveniles
Thirty-seven-year-old James A. McManaway of New Straitsville is being held at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail in Nelsonville on a $200,000 cash or surety bond after more than 300 nude photos… Read More
Haydenville Man Found Dead In Motel After Release From Prison
A Haydenville man who was released from jail on bond Wednesday was found dead inside an Athens motel room early Thursday morning. Officers from the Athens Police Department found Jerry… Read More
Haydenville man found dead in motel after release from jail
A Haydenville man who was released from jail on bond Wednesday was found dead inside an Athens motel room early Thursday morning. Officers from the Athens Police Department found Jerry… Read More
Trustee Deny Allegations Of Corruption In Benton Township
Benton Township Trustee Robbie Davis is denying allegations of corruption in Benton Township made by trustee candidate Bruce Johnson, and told The Logan Daily News that the allegations could hurt… Read More
Collecting Bras For The Lighthouse
In celebration of National BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) Day, which was Oct. 16, Fairfield Medical Center, Central Ohio Plastic Surgery and Ohio University Lancaster facilitated the collection of 50 bras for… Read More
Sheriff: Largest Meth Maker In Hocking County Arrested In Logan
Hocking County Sheriff Lanny North believes one of the largest methamphetamine manufacturers and distributors in Hocking County was arrested Wednesday after the man reportedly solicited people walking inside CVS in… Read More
Coming in 2015: Hocking Hills winery
Investors and family members of Hocking Hills Winery broke ground with several heaping shovelfuls of sod Sunday afternoon at the property of the late Max and Loris Davidson along Freeman… Read More
Chauncey Woman Fights Back, Confronts Bullies
A photograph of a Chauncey woman wearing a costume of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider for Halloween went viral on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, but the sentiment turned… Read More
Sheriff Vehicle Struck While Responding To Emergency
A law enforcement vehicle was struck by a vehicle Tuesday night while responding to an emergency on Drummond Drive. Hocking County Sheriff Sgt. Brian McManaway was dispatched to an overdose… Read More
Former Laurelville Police Officer Arrested On Drug Charges
A former Laurelville police officer who was terminated last week for failing to report to work after taking an injury leave in June was arrested on charges of possession of… Read More
Logan Man Charged With Threatening Deputies
A Logan man has been released on his own recognizance after allegedly threatening the lives of two deputies of the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office as well as allegedly assaulting a… Read More
Man Runs From Deputy On His Way To Jail
A Logan man who was given a recognizance bond of $50,000 in Hocking County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday decided to run from a sheriff deputy who was attempting to… Read More
Laurelville Council Member Disqualified From Ballot
One member of Laurelville Council has been disqualified from running in the November election after the Hocking County Board of Elections was unable to certify his petition. Robert D…. Read More
Thousands Attend Rootwire Music Festival
Four thousand people visited Rootwire Music Festival at Kaeppner’s Woods this past weekend in what organizers are calling the biggest and best one so far. “It’s definitely gotten a lot… Read More
Logan Native To Lead US Forces In South Korea
A 1974 graduate of Logan High School is now commander of all U.S. forces in South Korea. Gen. Curtis “Mike” Scaparrotti was confirmed by the U.S. Senate late Thursday and… Read More
Two Arrested For Trafficking Heroin
A couple from Columbus was charged with felony counts of trafficking heroin Thursday when 11.5 grams of black tar heroin was seized during a traffic stop at Crosswoods of Logan… Read More
Two Arrested For Stealing Steaks
A man and woman who pleaded guilty in relation to scrap metal thefts in Hocking County in 2011 were arrested on Sunday in Chauncey after allegedly stealing $220 of steak… Read More
‘Ice’ Meth Found In Hocking County
Members of the new Hocking County Sheriff’s Office Interdiction Unit stopped a vehicle on Laurel Run Road for a traffic violation Monday night and found .3 grams of “ice” methamphetamine,… Read More