The following construction and maintenance projects are anticipated to affect highways in Jackson County during the next week. All outlined work will be completed as weather permits.

The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP), is seeking volunteers to join the fight against hunger in our communities.

Over the 4^th of July weekend, the pressure of high gasoline prices was further lessened on Ohio motorists -- a small comfort to the areas that charge well above the statewide and national averages.

An old, blighted structure in Wellston’s south end, located at 1208 S. Pennsylvania Ave., which once housed bars like Coop’s, Riepenhoff’s, and Big Jay’s, was one of dozens of properties included in the Jackson County Land Reutilization Corporation’s (Land Bank’s) list of proposed demolition projects submitted to the Ohio Department of Development (ODD) earlier this year in an effort to secure roughly $700,000 in grant funding through the Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program.

A traffic stop made by the Wellston Police Department (WPD) last Thursday evening, June 30, resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, which was hidden in the suspect’s vehicle.

With House Bill 99 (HB 99), which allows Ohio’s educators to carry firearms on school grounds with just 24 hours’ training, set to take effect Sept. 12, Jackson High School (JHS) Band Director Ryan Hurd recently took the opportunity to share his opinions on the matter with the Jackson City Schools (JCS) Board of Education.