Vinton, Ohio

COLUMBUS a ' While Ohioa TMs unemployment rate held steady at 10.8 percent from December 2009 to January 2010, the same cannot be said for local jobless figures.

Portsmouth City Council is expected to introduce the resolution passed by the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, to it's members for a vote.

State Representative Clyde Evans of Rio Grande today filed petitions for the 17th Ohio Senate District seat being vacated by John Carey.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A winter storm watch is in effect for parts of Central Ohio. It starts Friday and is expected to last through Saturday evening, according to the ABC6 Fox28 First Warning Weather Team.

MIDDLEPORT a ' Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse and rural areas surrounding the villages are included in the area where a second round of federal stimulus money, designed to rehabilitate abandoned and foreclosed properties and sell them to new homebuyers, will be spent.

GALLIPOLIS a ' As if to backup the Ohio Department of Natural Resourcesa TM claim that poachers are often involved in criminal activity, two Vinton residents are facing several drug related charges stemming from the ODNR search warrants executed last weekend.

The village of Vinton faces a long battle as it attempts to dig out of a financial hole.

GALLIPOLIS a ' The Gallia County Sheriffa TMs Office is seeking the help of area residents to locate two individuals wanted for burglary and escape, respectively.

The fifth-grade classes at Vinton Elementary School recently participated in a food drive for the Outreach Food Bank.

GALLIPOLIS a ' A jury convicted a Vinton man of domestic violence following a trial last week in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

With unemployment approaching the 10 percent mark and 31 percent of local residents receiving some form of public assistance, Gallia County residents are facing tough times - with children quite possibly facing the greatest difficulty of all.

Vinton County residents who want to see how their property value fared during the recently completed 2009 revaluation of real estate now can do so at the county auditor's office.

Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge D. Dean Evans overruled a motion to suppress statements in connection with a shooting incident in June that left a Bidwell man seriously injured.

GALLIPOLIS a ' A variety of financial and personnel issues dotted the agenda during the latest meeting of the Gallipolis City School District Board of Education.

Nearly five months after being convicted of robbery in connection with the 2006 slaying of Vinton-area resident William "Wild Bill" Sowers, Brynn K. Martin was sentenced to serve eight years in prison Friday morning in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

A Vinton County man is scheduled for a preliminary hearing today in front of Vinton County Court Judge James Salyer on one count of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony.

A Vinton County man will appear in front of Vinton County Court Judge James Salyer Thursday following his arrest on felony receiving stolen property charges.

Former Harrisburg-area resident Nellie "Ruby" Taylor is leading the charge to secure a historical marker near the New Hope Baptist Church to commemorate its destruction at the hands of Morgan's Raiders during their incursion through Gallia County during the Civil War.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- A Vinton County project is receiving a share of more than $400 million in federal funds approved for water, sewer and environmental conservation projects in Ohio.