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Raffle tickets being sold from ZFD to benefit great cause
ZANESVILLE – The Fire Department is selling 1,000 raffle tickets in support of Firefighter Austin Eveland’s wife Kayla who has non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The raffle will go off the Ohio Lottery evening Pick 3 numbers during the month of June.
“What happens is, every night, we are selling 000 through 999 so everyday there will be a winner and for like the first 10 days, the payout is $100 a day then it jumps to $250. The last few days, it’s the $500, then the $1,000, and the grand prize on June 30th will be $2,500,” Zanesville Asst. Fire Chief Doug Hobson said.
UNICOI â The former vice mayor of the Town of Unicoi was arrested Thursday after being indicted on voter fraud charges.
Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley confirmed that he served the indictment on Doug Hopson after Hopson turned himself in at the Unicoi County Jail.
âIt was investigated by the district attorneyâs office and they took their findings to a grand jury,â Hensley confirmed late Thursday.
âI served the indictment this morning,â Hensley said.
Hopson was released on a $5,000 bond.
Sullivan County District Attorney General Barry Staubus said Thursday night that Hopson had been indicted on three counts of felony voter fraud.
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Food Box Giveaway To Be Held
ZANESVILLE, Ohio-This Wednesday a food box giveaway will be held at Secrest Auditorium in downtown Zanesville.
The giveaway was funded by federal grant and begins at 10 am and runs until 2 pm. Assistant Fire Chief Doug Hobson was the chief organizer.
“You don’t have to get out of your car, you just have to show up. There are no reqs to it. We’re not asking to see a drivers license, we don’t care about the poverty level. If you’re hungry, come get a box from us. We’re asking everybody to line up on third street, we may end up with double, triple rows on third, we’ll guide you down Schinnick into secrest parking lot. You don’t have to get out of your car, we’ll open the back door, you pop the trunk, we’ll load it and on your merry way you go.”, Hobson told WHIZ.