Monroe County to operate without a cushion for the rest of the year
Thu, 03/21/2019 - 12:34pm
Monroe County may have avoided one financial emergency but another could be on the horizon.
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Landslide Closes One Lane of SR 255
Thu, 03/21/2019 - 4:12pm
One lane of S.R. 255 is closed in Monroe County due to a landslide.
It is located between Baptist Ridge Road (County Road 96) and Township Road 724.
Such a beautiful soul
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
Myranda Secrest and JoJo Rodriques remembered what it was like coming to a small town school for the first time. Secrest was a sixth-grader when she came from Xenia. One
Village sends rental agreement back to SOLSD school board
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
After three significant revisions, officials from the Village of Woodsfield hope they have finally came up with a compromise that will please school district board members. Woodsfield Village Council approved
Is the care center worth ‘whatever it takes’?
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
Pens clicked. Pages shuffled. Heavy sighs punctuated silences as budgets had to be revisited again the second quarter after only being approved for the first quarter of 2019 due to
Starting a new graduation tradition
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
Graduations will be changed at each of the area’s high schools this year. There will be a speaker and, of course, you’ll get to cheer for your favorite graduate. But
Monument created to honor to those buried at County Home Cemetery
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
Dozens or hundreds of individuals were interred at the cemetery at the Monroe County Care Center. In many cases those buried at the cemetery were done so by necessity. Whether
Read Across America Week
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not” Dr. Seuss. During the week of March 4, 2019 (Read Across America Week
CORRECTION/RETRACTION
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:55pm
The Monroe County Beacon had information incorrect in the story "Such a beautiful soul" in the March 21, 2019, edition.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Blotter
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00am
3/11/2019 Deputy Schuerman, Deputy Galloway, and Deputy Skinner responded to a call of a prowler in Jackson Township. During the investigation, the property owner’s son advised his friends were playing