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After completing his tenure as the first male teacher at Nelsonville-York Elementary School, Calvin Devol would oftentimes ask former students when bumping into them in public if they could remember their multiplication tables. His daughter, Dr. Marjorie Devol, recollected many fond memories of her dad, a three-war veteran who served as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy. She was inspired by him and her mother, who was a nurse, to enter into the medical field. She currently works at the Nelso...

Newark Advocate NEWARK - Family members tearfully recounted all theyd lost in Kayla Kemmerlings death at a court hearing in Newark on Wednesday morning. During the court hearing, Assistant Licking County Prosecutor Jenny Gonzalez-Wells said Kemmerlings body was discovered, as well as three young children sleeping in the home, by Newark police officers during a welfare check.  Christian M. Young, 25, of Newark, was subsequently found in Hocking County and arrested. The prosecutor said during a...

Up to 5 inches of snow piled in in central Ohio Monday night into Tuesday morning, causing closings and delays across the region.

Newly named OHIO Career Ready Campus helps women better their lives with education Published: February 3, 2021 Author: Kim Barlag Kim Barlag In the initial Aspire class in November 2018, Aspire instructors Scott Hatfield and Sally Young help three dedicated women work towards their GED. Access to education comes easier to some more than others, but the inspiring stories of four women from Southeast Ohio remind us how education is the key to grow...

Feb 1, 2021 Explore Hocking Hills has announced a new program designed to help families who are juggling remote classroom instruction with working from home and the tedium of ongoing COVID advisories. The region’s official travel resource unveiled its new Mother Nature’s Classroom program, which offers parents a free learning packet featuring a magnifying glass, along with worksheets that spark nature-based learning. Designed by a certified nature educator, activities include hands-on scien...

From staff reports Washington County is among four local organizations in Southeast Ohio are among agencies receiving financing from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Washington County is receiving $2.6 million to design Devola sanitary sewer improvements. Also receiving financing are: ∫ Pomeroy, $3.7 million for two projects to include installing a backup generator and constructing a gravity sewer to tie unsewered areas into the existing sewer. The entire loan will be issued with prin...

The court case out of the Marietta-Logan maskless tasering incident from September has been delayed. The trial of Alecia D. Kitts, 34, of 140 1/2 Clinton St., Marietta, was scheduled to begin today. A clerk of the Hocking County Municipal Court explained to the Times on Thursday that the trial has been continued to an undetermined future date, though no entry in the courts’ public record ascribes the change past the entry to continue filed on Jan. 19. Kitts faces two misdemeanor charges, crim...

Ohio EPA awards financing to Southeast Ohio communities Staff Report Communities in Southeast Ohio are receiving more than $15.1 million in low-interest and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio EPA to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make other water quality improvements. According to a news release from Ohio EPA, the loans were approved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The lower interest rates and principal forgiveness will save these communities more than $10 milli...

Ohio EPA awards financing to Southeast Ohio communities Staff Report Communities in Southeast Ohio are receiving more than $15.1 million in low-interest and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio EPA to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure and make other water quality improvements. According to a news release from Ohio EPA, the loans were approved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The lower interest rates and principal forgiveness will save these communities more than $10 milli...

Updated: 1:40 PM EST January 22, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police say an inmate from the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail who checked herself out from the hospital on Tuesday is back in custody. According to the Nelsonville Police Department, Kayla Allbaugh was booked into jail on Jan. 18 after being arrested for her involvement in a narcotics investigation.  On Jan. 19, Allbaugh was seen hanging from a second-floor balcony at the jail. She then fell and claimed that she was injur...