Police have filed arrest warrants after a 3-year-old child who was found locked inside a cage and a 2-year-old was found holding a drug pipe at a home in Hocking County.
PENDER COUNTY Pender County Emergency Management has been monitoring the roadways after a week of heavy rains.
“We urge motorists if they see swift-moving water on the roadways to turn around, don’t drown,” Carson Smith, interim emergency manager, said. The department asks motorists to be aware of these flooded roadways as of Feb. 21:
• Willard Railroad Street at the Bridge of the Pender/Duplin County line
• 2356-3276 block of the Old Maple Hill Road
• 1600-3700 block Croomsbridge Road
• All of River Bend Drive
• All of River Birch Road
• All of Bear Run Road
• Riverview Drive along the river
• 485-510 block River Trail
Two killed, two injured in crash
Staff Report
A Gallipolis woman and a four-year old child have died following a crash along Bear Run Road near Ohio 7 in Gallia County on Thursday.
According to a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Gallipolis Post is investigating the crash involving two vehicles which occurred around 12:06 p.m.
The report states a Western Star 4700 dump truck driven by Therill R. Clagg, 56, Gallipolis, was traveling west on Bear Run Road. A 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 driven by Betty D. Bates, 29, Gallipolis, was traveling east along Bear Run Road. Bates’ vehicle reportedly failed to yield half the roadway and struck the dump truck head on, according to the report. The Silverado traveled off the north side of the roadway, over an embankment.
Two killed, two injured in crash
Staff Report
A Gallipolis woman and a four-year old child have died following a crash along Bear Run Road near Ohio 7 in Gallia County on Thursday.
According to a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Gallipolis Post is investigating the crash involving two vehicles which occurred around 12:06 p.m.
The report states a Western Star 4700 dump truck driven by Therill R. Clagg, 56, Gallipolis, was traveling west on Bear Run Road. A 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 driven by Betty D. Bates, 29, Gallipolis, was traveling east along Bear Run Road. Bates’ vehicle reportedly failed to yield half the roadway and struck the dump truck head on, according to the report. The Silverado traveled off the north side of the roadway, over an embankment.