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He turned 60 this month. Friends and colleagues remembered his kindness, his dry sense of humor, his “steady hand at the wheel” as part of the elections board, and his impact politically and in the legal profession. “He gave sage advice,” said David Payne, deputy director of the county board of elections, who first met Sinnott more than 30 years ago. “He was a great legal mind, he was a great political mind.” Josh Jaffe, chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party Executive Co...

The ongoing vaccination effort is allowing life in the United States to return to some degree of normalcy after COVID-19 wreaked havoc for well over a year. So far, the virus has claimed 577,510 American lives — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In […]

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Here are the winners of the Commerce, Places and Nightlife categories in the 2021 Best of Athens Readers Choice Awards. Winners of the People, Foodies Favorites and Miscellaneous categories were announced last week and can be viewed here. Editors note: The entry associated with the "Public Servant" category, published last week, has been updated to reflect a correction in the nature of the Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund. The fund supports the efforts of the Athens County Food Pantry, which also ...

Dick Martin: Ohio fishing hotspots come alive in May Dick Martin Columnist It’s been a slow year for many Ohio anglers who have mostly stayed at home during our virus epidemic and made only rare trips to the closest waters to escape being home bound temporarily. But it’s spring now and there’s blue sky out there often, and rising temperatures, and as most know, May is on of the top months to go fishing. If there’s a question, it’s where to go to find the very best action within a reas...

OWDA funding awarded for Rutland sewer project Staff Report MEIGS COUNTY — The Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) awarded $8.1 million through low interest loans and grants to Ohio communities to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make water quality improvements for Ohioans. For the month of April, the Authority funded 11 projects that will replace aging infrastructure, extend service areas, and improve sewer and sewage treatment collection systems. The 11 awarded p...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com LOGAN, Ohio — Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers in Hocking County are investigating a motorcycle accident Tuesday on Ohio 664. The accident happened near milepost 13 where a 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by Jonathan Purdy, 30, of Lancaster went off the right side of the road and overturned, the patrol said. Purdy, driving south, sustained incapacitating injuries and was flown to OSU Wexner Medical Center. The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. ...

COVID-19: This is the Most Dangerous County in the Columbus, OH Metro Area Samuel Stebbins © Provided by 24/7 Wall St. Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 31,708,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide -- and that number is growing every day. In the Columbus metropolitan area, located in Ohio, a total of 200,114 COVID-19 cases have been reported to d...

A one-vehicle crash on State Route 328 claimed the life of a New Plymouth woman Thursday night.  Deceased is Tonya G. Ousley, 40. The crash occurred at approximately 8:38 p.m., the Athens Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported. Ousleys 2008 Ford Escape was traveling north on State Route 328. The vehicle drove off the right side of the roadway, where it overturned and ejected the driver, a press release from the Athens Post stated. Ousley was pronounced deceased on scene by a repre...

Updated: 6:46 AM EDT April 23, 2021 LOGAN, Ohio — A woman has died following a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Hocking County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 8:30 p.m. on State Route 328 in Logan, Ohio. Tonya Ousley, 40, of New Plymouth, Ohio was driving a 2008 Ford Escape north along SR-328 when the Escape went off the right side of the road and overturned.  Ousley was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. There is no w...