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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...
Athens Area Stand Down provides resources for veterans
ATHENS — The ninth annual Athens Area Stand Down will help support those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Athens area. The event is a grassroots, community-based intervention program originally designed to help our nation’s homeless veterans combat life on the streets. Stand Down has since expanded to all community members who are in need. Director of Ohio University’s Veterans and Military Student Services Center Terry...
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...
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