STEWART - Federal Hocking Local School District is the latest area school district to receive an Auditor of State Award for having a clean financial audit report.įederal Hocking speeds up superintendent search Herron Linscott is training a puppy named Lola to become a therapy dog, which will stay in the district and work with students at Amesville Elementary.įederal Hocking Schools Earn Auditor of State Award The township was recognized for 200 years of history in the county.ĪTHENS - Speaking to thousands of fellow graduates at the Convocation Center, Amal Afyouni took classmates back to four years ago on their first day at Ohio University.Ĭoolville students garden for day of serviceĬOOLVILLE - Students from Coolville Elementary did not have to go very far to properly take part in Global Youth Service Day.įed Hock student training therapy dog for senior project Residents in eastern Athens County celebrated their newly formed fire department on Saturday, with State Fire Marshal Jeff Hussey on hand to congratulate the crew.ĬANAAN TWP. STEWART - The climb to the top of the Federal Hocking class of 2019 has not been easy, nor traditional, for three students.Ĭarthage Twp.’s new firefighters stand tallĬARTHAGE TWP. STEWART - The switch was flipped on a new solar energy system at Federal Hocking Middle School and High School.įederal Hocking’s top students overcame many challenges Land bank project nets Coolville new playground Kayla Hawthorne has been a freelance writer for The Athens Messenger since January 2019. "The aircraft crashed around two kilometres away from an inhabited area," Filippos Anastasiadis, mayor of the nearby town of Paggaio, told Open TV.The Athens Messenger is a local newspaper printed five days per week serving the Athens County area. There is information that the aircraft was carrying ammunition," one firefighter told reporters at the scene. Police were last night asking journalists at the scene to wear masks, the report added. But ERT reported it was carrying eight people and that its 12-tonne cargo "was dangerous". There is no official information about the number of people onboard the plane. "I went outside and saw the engine on fire." Local officials said seven fire engines had been deployed to the crash site but that they could not approach because of the continuing explosions.Īccording to media reports, the cargo aircraft was flying from Nis airport in Serbia to Jordan's Amman and had requested clearance to make an emergency landing at nearby Kavala airport, but did not manage to reach it.ĮRT reported that it was a Ukrainian aircraft, which according to villagers was already in flames before it crashed. "At 2245 (1945 GMT) I was surprised by the sound of the engine of the aircraft," he said. Two firemen were taken to the hospital early Sunday with breathing issues because of the toxic fumes.Ī local man, Giorgos Archontopoulos, told state broadcaster ERT television he had felt something was wrong as soon as he heard the aircraft's engine. People living within a two-kilometre (1.2-mile) radius around the crash site were asked to stay inside their homes and wear masks on Saturday night. Eyewitnesses said the aircraft was on fire and that they had heard explosions. Videos shared by eyewitnesses on social media showed the plane engulfed by a giant fireball as it hit the ground. The Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft crashed late Saturday near Paleochori village in northern Greece, the fire brigade said. Video footage from a local channel showed signs of impact on a field and the aircraft in pieces scattered at a long distance. Thirteen men from the fire brigade's special teams as well as 26 firemen are near the crash site. When the area is deemed secure, the search teams are going to operate, he added. A drone on Sunday was monitoring the wreckage of a cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline that crashed the previous day near the Greek city of Kavala.Īccording to state-run TV, the army, explosives experts and Greek Atomic Energy Commission staff would approach the area after it is deemed safe as fears about the toxicity of the unknown cargo were forcing them to stay away.įire brigade official Marios Apostolidis told reporters that "men from the fire service with special equipment and measuring instruments approached the point of impact of the aircraft and had a close look at the fuselage and other parts scattered in the fields".Īlso Read | Cargo plane crashes near Greece's northern city of Kavala
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