Image gallery July 19, 2011 · 10 images · Photo Store
Harold Taylor confers with his attorney, Terry Hitchman, during this morning’s court proceedings where he pleaded guilty to attempted endangering of children. A jury trial was scheduled for today in the case. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Rescurers from the BCD dive team push off from the Caves Campground on the Kokosing River to start the search for a 32-year-old man missing in deep water just below the Honey Run Water Falls Monday afternoon. The river area is just east of Millwood. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
A first responder looks east, down the Kokosing River, for signs of a missing male last seen in deep water between Honey Run Waterfall and the Caves Campground, just east of Millwood. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Members of the Bladensburg College Danville dive team prepare a boat for launch as first responders arrived at the scene of a possible drowning on Monday afternoon near the Caves Campground. Authorities have confirmed the victim is a 32-year-old male but have not released a name. A recovery effort to find his body resumed this morning. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Marcia Durbin, Eastern Knox County Joint Fire District, and Brian Hess, Knox County Emergency Management director, help Rodney Williamson into his dive suit as he prepares to search the Kokosing River, south of Millwood, for a missing 32-year-old male. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Initial work on the first phase of the connector road between Coshocton and Yauger roads is under way as a middle portion of the area is being excavated. Mount Vernon Safety-Service Director Dave Glass stated a retaining wall will be erected in this area to the east end of Lowe's. Much of the work in this section is being completed now in order to minimize closure time on the north and south ends later. Operating the excavator this morning is Wayne Raines of Small's Sand and Gravel. (Photo by Alan Reed)
The Knox County Commissioners went on an inspection tour of the old landfill on Thayer Road to check the condition of the area Monday afternoon. Rob Clendening, second from left, manger of the Knox Soil & Water Conservation District, points out features of the landfill to commissioners. Pictured, from left, are Roger Reed, Clendening, Allen Stockberger and Teresa Bemiller. Just behind them is an artificial wetlands with cattails growing tall and the hill behind is the grass cover of the landfill. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
This old whiskey barrel is packed full of plants called hens and chickens. Patricia Geiger, 3 S. Jackson St., has let them grow for 20 years. The start of the plants were given to her by an elderly neighbor lady. Geiger believes tall stalks are male plants that will deposit seeds. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Hull's Sportswear won the Kokosing Valley 16 & Under Girls Fastpitch regular season and tournament championships. The team went 10-0 in the regular season, and 4-1 in the tournament. Hull's only loss came at the hands of Genesis Heating & Cooling, but the team won both championship games on Sunday for the tournament title. Team members are, front row from left, Katelynn Nugent, Deanna Parker, Darci Lauderbaugh and Becky Buckland; back row, coach Steve Lauderbaugh, Breanna Pitsenberger, Audrie Reed, Kari Lauderbaugh, Amber Pitsenberger, Samantha Bower, Ashlynne Hurlow, Bailey Miller and coach Chris Hurlow. Not pictured: Olivia Rice, Breanna Staats, Erica Rutter and Kat Mickley. (Photo by Submitted photo)
From left, John Hatfield, Mike Parsons, Bill Higgs and Carolyn Higgs, all from Mount Vernon. The group recently rode 163 miles across Indiana in blistering heat in the annual RAIN (Ride Across Indiana) event. (Photo by Submitted photo)
