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Brown County grand jury returns indictments
Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700
GEORGETOWN, Ohio | Among the 14 indictments a Brown County grand jury returned Wednesday, eight were drug-related charges.
Crane trial will continue Oct. 1
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700
GEORGETOWN, Ohio | After coordinating calendars between the court and defense counsel, the Robert Crane trial will begin Oct. 1, Brown County prosecutors said Wednesday.
Brown County Commissioner dies unexpectedly
Wed, 09 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700
GEORGETOWN, Ohio | After a long fight to recover from a car accident that occurred in 2009, Brown County Commissioner Rick Eagan died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at his home in Georgetown.
Appeal from man convicted of 50 counts of rape dismissed
Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700
GEORGETOWN, Ohio |A federal court dismissed an appeal from a Brown County man who was originally convicted of 50 counts of raping children, according to court reports released on Monday.
Former Times executive editor Leonard R. Brown dead
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:33 -0700
Leonard R. Brown, executive editor of The Beaver County Times during the county’s tumultuous 1980s, died last week from complications of heart disease.
French company receives its stakes in leases
Fri, 18 May 2012 21:39:08 -0700
Chesapeake Exploration has transferred nearly 90 percent of more than 9,000 leases in Columbiana County to a French company it has a joint venture with for Utica Shale development.
Suspect sought after meth lab busted
Fri, 11 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700
RIPLEY, Ohio | Brown County Sheriff detectives are searching for a Georgetown man wanted for an alleged connection to a methamphetamine lab, according to BCS reports released on Friday.
Brown County man found guilty of four counts of child rape
Fri, 11 May 2012 14:23:17 -0700
A jury in Brown County has found 61-year-old Patrick Boles guilty of four counts of child rape.
Willing and able
Sat, 19 May 2012 00:11:17 -0700
As graduations go, this one was in a class by itself.
Former Courier editor Len Brown dies at 68
Tue, 15 May 2012 16:37:22 -0700
Leonard R. Brown, former executive editor of the Bucks County Courier Times, died recently at age 68.