Author: George Hiotis

The Ohio Department of Transportation says US 22 will be closed starting Monday (today). O-dot says the road will be shut down near White Cottage between Foxfire Drive and Limestone Valley Road. Crews will be doing a rock slope remediation project. The road will remain closed for 45 days. The detour is US 22 to […]

American Electric Power is reporting a power outage Saturday morning. The power company says there are 463 customers without service. The cause of the outage is not yet known, but crews are working to find the problem and fix it. A-E-P says the estimated time of power restoration is 2:00 pm Saturday. The power problem […]

The Ohio Department of Transportation is on the job Saturday morning dealing with a wintery mix of precipitation. Our region is getting a mix of rain and freezing rain and it is making driving difficult. On Friday ODOT crews pre-treated area roads with brine, which is a mixture of salt and water that will help […]

Zanesville Police says charges have been filed against a man involved in a high speed chase Saturday. Captain Scott Comstock says 39-year-old Dustin Howard of Flatwoods, Kentucky who is thought to be currently living in Dublin, is facing multiple charges including breaking and entering, theft, aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, failure to comply […]

An area man was killed in a weekend one vehicle accident. It happened Saturday morning in Knox County. The Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Jose Perez of Cambridge drove off the right side of US 62, then got back onto the road and drove off the left side of the road. Troopers say Perez’s truck ended up on […]

The Zanesville Police Department needs the public’s help to find a missing juvenile. Detective Sergeant Phil Michel says he is looking for 17-year-old Ahlexis Malinak. She left a residence on Nancy Avenue in the early morning hours of January 3rd, 2020. She is described as five feet seven inches tall and 175 pounds. Anyone with information […]

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz says a car slammed into a home Friday morning. It happened at 3135 Maysville Pike at 8:30. Lutz says the driver is a 42-year-old female from Zanesville who swerved off the right side of the road to avoid stopped traffic. The Sheriff says no one in the house was injured and […]

***UPDATE***ODOT says State Route 60 has reopened***UPDATE*** The Ohio Department of Transportation says State Route 60 North was closed Friday due to an accident. O-dot says its assisting law enforcement with an accident between Olde Falls Road and Fairview Road. Authorities are investigating a chase that started in Zanesville and involved Zanesville Police and Muskingum […]

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz an area man has been charged in connection with a shooting incident. It happened in the morning on New Year’s Day at 6980 Norfield Road. Lutz says at around 7:15 am his office received a 911 call about a shooting. He says when deputies arrived they found the victim, Christopher […]