Allen and Jane Dingey are the two “new kids on the block” in the Morgan County business world. Allen was, as they say, born and raised in Morgan County. Jane is from Shingle House, Pennsylvania, aka ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Pamela Boratyn recently announced funding for more than two dozen transportation projects ...

Antoinette Irene Pratt, lovingly known as Toni, passed away peacefully on the morning of July 8, 2025, at the age of 85, just weeks before her 86th birthday on July 21, 2025.

The Morgan County Master Gardeners are hosting a Summer Garden Tour from 1 to 4 p.m. this Sunday, July 13. The tour will consist of visiting local home gardens, businesses, and having a biennial quilt ...

The Muskingum Riverway Advocacy Council is bringing its annual Riverfest event to Morgan County. The festival will run from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Malta Village Park, Front Street NW, ...

McConnelsville Village Council met at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, in village council chambers. Present were council members Clint Foreman, Teresa Brannon, Mark Dille, Michele Blackburn, and Shane Jenkins ...

Twenty troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s (OSHP) Mobile Field Force have been sent to Texas to support search, rescue, and recovery work following the July 4th flooding disaster along the ...

David Michael Nowak, 77, of McConnelsville, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2025. He was born November 26, 1947, in Rochester, NY. Dave moved with the family to Wayzata, MN, where he spent his teen years, ...

Gloria A. Thompson, 88, of McConnelsville, passed away Friday, July 4, 2025, at her daughter’s home. She was born March 21, 1937, in Malta, a daughter of the late Fred Balderson and Esther Dudley ...

A head-on collision ocurred at 1:29 a.m. Sunday, June 22, in Zanesville on Interstate 70, east of the 155 mile marker, causing two vehicles to catch fire. Derek G. Lydelle, 38, of McConnelsville, was ...

Ohio’s Wild turkey hunters checked 16,014 birds during the spring 2025 season which concluded on Sunday, June 1, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The ...

Editor’s Note: Leading up to the America 250 celebration in July 2026, Morgan County Common Pleas Judge John A. Wells will be writing articles once a month about our history to remind us why we ...