Topic: Muskingum County

Summer storms leave 2 million people without power (+video)

As of Monday morning, around 2 million customers along the East Coast and as far west as Illinois remained without power. Since Friday, severe weather has been blamed for at least 17 deaths,

Exotic animal owner in Zaneville, Ohio, accused of neglect

Exotic animal owner Terry Thompson had a history of neglecting his animals, says an animal welfare official. Most of the 56 animals set free Tuesday in Zaneville, Ohio, were killed by law enforcement officers.
10/20/2011 09:32 am

Lax Ohio laws lead to 'free-for-all' for exotic animals, critics say

More than 50 exotic animals, including camels and tigers, escaped from a private Zanesville, Ohio, preserve, with 48 later killed by law enforcement in Muskingum County. Activists say the incident shows that Ohio needs to regulate exotic animals.
10/19/2011 05:20 pm

Escaped animals: Only three escaped wild animals remain in Zanesville

Escaped animals: A mountain lion, a grizzly bear, and a monkey are the only animals still at large after 48 animals escaped from an exotic-animal preserve in Zanesville, Ohio.
10/19/2011 12:16 pm

Gallery Election Photos of the Week 10/25 - 11/01

Bright Green Black Ohio neighborhood unjustly denied water for decades, jury finds

A federal jury awarded residents of a mostly black neighborhood in rural Ohio nearly $11 million Thursday, finding that local authorities denied them public water service for half a century because of their race.
07/11/2008 01:00 am