Allensville
Politics
Hocking County real estate transfers
Sept. 23–27. Listed prices do not necessarily reflect actual property values. • Lindsay and Jason Smitson, and Timothy and Heather Anderson, 228 Deer Slayer Trail, Lost Hollow Campground, to Steven Anderson, $7,000. • Korey and Maddie Robinson, 16152 Wagner Road, to Korey Robinson, exempt, property transferred to or from a person when no money or other valuable and tangible consideration readily convertible into money is paid or to be paid...
County's jail expense rising; commissioners approve $300K budget boost
LOGAN — Leif Bickel, the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy of Corrections, penned a letter to the commissioners this week asking for a $300,000 supplement to the office budget for housing inmates. Currently, with an all-female jail in the county still under construction, inmates are sent to the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail (SEORJ) in Nelsonville, as well as the Fairfield County Jail. Bickel cited the monthly cost for this...
County-level races previewed at candidates’ night
LOGAN — On Thursday evening, the Logan Church of the Nazarene hosted a Meet the Candidates Night ahead of the Nov. 5 election. It took place in front of a fairly sparse crowd of 30 or 40. A live stream of the hour and a half event is available on the Meet the Candidates’ Facebook page. Among the five local seats up for contest this year are all three county commissioners; county recorder; and county treasurer. ...
Sappington and Deputy speak at Athens County Treasurer Forum
Dawn Deputy (write-in) and Taylor Sappington (D) sat with community members during a League of Women Voters forum on Thursday to each share their plans should they be elected as Athens County Treasurer. The event was formatted to allow each candidate to share an opening statement and respond to media and audience questions, followed by a closing statement. John Howell, the event’s mediator, explained that each candidate would receive one...
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