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Select residents in Athens, Hocking and Perry counties can get assistance during the summer
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A program to help some residents pay for utilities or air conditioning during the summer is now open to Athens, Hocking and Perry county residents. HAPCAP’s home energy assistance summer crisis program started last week and will go through Sept. 30. It provides income-eligible...
Hocking County real estate transfers
July 1-5. Listed prices do not necessarily reflect actual property values. • Thomas J. Cooney, trustee, 14820 state Route 678, to Thomas J. Cooney, trustee, exempt, to a trustee of a trust, when the grantor of the trust has reserved an unlimited power to revoke the trust. • Miranda G. Kline, 568 E. Hunter St., to Dominick C. and Angela Draper, $188,000. ...
Hocking County road construction update
The following projects are anticipated to affect highways in Hocking County, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. Outlined work is weather permitting. Click on each route to see its location at OHGO.com. State Route 328 culvert replacement A culvert replacement project is taking place on state Route 328 between Vickers Road (Township Road 399) and Moore Road (County Road 333). One lane is closed and traffic is being maintained...
Three things to know
Road project rundown. Traffic in Hocking County will be affected this week by projects including a state Route 328 culvert replacement; U.S. 33 concrete bridge deck overlay; state Route 374 resurfacing; and state Route 278 bridge replacement.Learn more on page A2. The Good, the Bad, and the Breadsticks. Voltolini’s, a new Italian ‘spaghetti western’ restaurant, is set to break ground in Logan. The restaurant is part of the same group behind Millstone, Hungry Buffalo, and Olde Dutch, and will be ocated next to Hungry Buffalo. Learn more on page A3. Happy Equal Protection Day. On this date 156 years ago,, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and “equal protection under the laws” to anyone “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people. See Today in History, page A4.
Judge orders hearing on special prosecutor replacement
LOGAN — The judge appointed to hear the criminal case of a former Hocking County Sheriff’s deputy has set a hearing in the case, to consider motions by the county prosecutor to replace the special prosecutors from the Ohio Attorney General’s office who are currently handling the matter for the state. Meanwhile, information has surfaced that, if true, suggests the candidate being proposed as the new special prosecutor — current Vinton County prosecutor William L. Archer, Jr. — could face a serious conflict of interest...
Some for, some against parcel fee at second hearing
NELSONVILLE — The Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District (AHSWD) recently held its second of three public hearings on the possibility of a $24 annual parcel fee across the two counties it serves. The third will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hocking County Fairground’s youth building. The event held July 2 in Nelsonville, featured a fairly balanced set of public opinions regarding the potential fee, applied to every improved...
Health needs assessment highlights mental health, income challenges
LOGAN — A community health needs assessment (CHNA) that looks at Hocking County along with Perry and Vinton identifies a number of significant issues, with one of the more prominent being that of mental health, and the shortage of local resources to address mental health and substance abuse problems.
Prosecutor seeks to replace special prosecutors on major cases
LOGAN — The Hocking County Prosecutor’s office has asked a judge to terminate the appointments of special prosecutors in a handful of cases, including that of a Fairfield County man charged with murder, and that of a former Hocking County Sheriff’s chief deputy charged with theft and witness intimidation. In each of those two cases, Prosecutor Jennifer Graham has also asked the Hocking County Common Pleas Court to appoint a new special prosecutor. She has not taken this step, however, in two other cases being...
Hocking County real estate transfers
June 24-28. Listed prices do not necessarily reflect actual property values. • David L. Cleveland, Jr., 10445 state Route 93. tp David L and Cassandra Cleveland, exempt, to an heir or devisee, between spouses or to a surviving spouse, from a person to himself and others, to a surviving tenant, or on the death of a registered owner. • Richard A. and Carolyn S. Schein, 13.9414 acres, to Larry S....
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