According to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 10, the following construction projects are anticipated to affect roadways in Morgan County. All work is weather permitting. SR 37 ...

Mary married the love of her life, Roger Goins, on August 30, 1974, with whom she shared a deep, enduring bond. The two were inseparable – best friends, constant companions, and truly each other’s ...

Dwight Davis, 90, of Stockport, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2025, at his home of 60 years surrounded by his family. He was born November 25, 1934, in Windsor Township, Morgan County. He was retired ...

Phyllis J. Taylor, 83, of Chesterhill, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2025, at her residence. She was born November 23, 1941, to the late Forrest and Ruby Parsons Crawford in Vinton, Ohio. Bob Evans ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

On July 16, 1790, the Founding Fathers ensconced the nation’s capital in what History.com described as “a swampy, humid, muddy and mosquitoinfested site on the Potomac River between Maryland and ...

After more than four decades of dedicated service to the McConnelsville community, Wainwright’s Fine Jewelry has announced a significant change in its operations. Owners Steve and Christine Wainwright ...