The Beacon
In springtime, visitors to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) are eager to enjoy The Biggest Week in American Birding. First-timers often discover they don’t have to go very far to see a wide range of colorful migrating birds.
In fact, the birding can be excellent right around the BSBO headquarters nestled in the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area on the Lake Erie shoreline.
Located at 13551 W. State Rt. 2 in Oak Harbor the Village of Oak Harbor is just to the south it’s easy to find with the highway signage.
Here are some birding hotspots shared by BSBO members and birding experts.
Flood crest predictions for Meigs, Mason, Gallia
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
Water covered Bowman’s Road just off Pine Grove Road on Monday morning as the Ohio River continued to rise in the area.
Sarah Hawley | Sentinel
A field along Pine Grove Road was filled with water on Monday morning as the Ohio River continued to rise due to heavy rains in recent days.
Sarah Hawley | Sentinel
OHIO VALLEY Heavy weekend rains caused flash flooding around the region on Sunday and early Monday, with attention now turning to the Ohio River which is projected to crest above flood stage this week along shorelines in Meigs, Mason and Gallia counties.
By Tom Moore
Feb 18, 2021
(Cleveland) - It s that time of year, when you go to participating supermarkets in Northeast Ohio, you ll be asked to add a little more to your total to help out Harvest for Hunger, one of the largest annual community-wide food funding drives in the nation.
Harvest for Hunger is coordinated by Greater Cleveland Food Bank, but also helps out the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, and Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio.
When you shop at Giant Eagle, Get Go, Heinen s, Dave s Markets, Lucky s Market, Fisher s Foods, or Buehler s Fresh Foods, from Saturday, February 20, through April 3, you will see tear-off sheets at the checkout. Pick one and hand it to the cashier, who will scan it, and it adds the amount to your purchase. You can also donate online.
Court of Appeals dismisses Halfhill appeal
Staff Report
POMEROY The Fourth District Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal of a Meigs County man regarding his convictions for aggravated vehicular homicide.
Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James K. Stanley announced Monday, that on Jan. 20, 2021, the Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal filed by Austin R. Halfhill. Halfhill was previously convicted of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence, a misdemeanor of the first degree, and two counts of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, each a felony of the first degree. Halfhill was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison.
According to a news release from Stanley, “The charges stemmed from a traffic crash on August 4, 2019 in which Halfhill operated his motor vehicle left of center on Ohio State Route 7 near Chester and struck a motorcycle with two occupants who died of injuries sustained in the crash. Halfhill had methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system at t