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The new boat ramp was completed in early July and is located at the bridge over the Tuscarawas River near West Lafayette. Mayor Jessie Tubbs, West Lafayette Fire Chief Damon Gould and West Lafayette ...
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson County will soon have its second public boat ramp. The new $4.2 million Sink Mountain boat ramp will include the following, according to Johnson County ...
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — Speed bumps have now been installed on the Rhea County side of the Blythe Ferry Boat Ramp, but no similar changes have been made on the Meigs County side.
Previous Coverage: Tabitha Smith, woman killed in Meigs County crash, remembered by friends That being said, Blythe Ferry Road splits ahead towards the boat ramp. Had Leonard taken a difficult-to-see ...
A man who suffered a medical problem and fell into the water while fishing in Meigs County has died, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The unnamed Dyer County man, who was in ...
On Feb. 26, Philip Acord, 78, of Hamilton County, fell into the water while fishing with a friend on Chickamauga Lake near the Ware Branch boat ramp about a mile upstream on the Tennessee River ...
POMEROY, Ohio (WSAZ) - Three communities in Meigs County, Ohio, now have the funding to bring riverfront development projects to life. Pomeroy, Middleport and Racine received a combined ...
Lawyers are dueling over who gets to represent the estate of Tabitha Smith, who died Feb. 14 in the back of a Meigs County patrol car after a newly hired deputy drove the vehicle into the ...
A crest of 50 feet in Pomeroy means that the river will not only rise into the Pomeroy Levy, but will reach Main Street and many of the businesses along Main Street. The boat ramp in Mason, West ...
The son of a Meigs County woman who died after a deputy’s vehicle crashed into a river has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking millions in damages, WTVC reported Monday.
The suit was filed in the death of Tabitha Marie Smith, who drowned along with deputy Robert J. Leonard when he drove off a boat ramp at Blythe Ferry. It happened on the night of Feb. 14.
The incident took the lives of Meigs County Deputy R.J. Leonard and Tabitha Smith. Deputy Leonard was transporting Smith to jail when he accidentally ran off a boat dock at nighttime and into the ...