By JEFF GATES Practicing what is preached. At St. Patrick School, the students are taught the importance of helping others. The school has such a commitment that they require all students to do a certain amount of service hours throughout the year, depending on grade level. One day, fifth grade students Sophie Zawodny, Emily [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A Cleveland-area man was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison for possessing 4 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop last year on Interstate 70. Ernie L. Terrell, 32, 195 Gould Ave., Bedford, tested positive for marijuana just prior to Friday’s sentencing in Madison County Common Pleas [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press In a baseball game played by 1860 rules, the Der Dutchman Long Johns bested the Ohio Village Muffins 8-1 Saturday afternoon, May 18. A highlight of the fourth annual Plain City Heritage Day, the game took spectators as well as players back to a time when gentlemen [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Refusing to bend from pressure by a group of state legislators, the eight-member Ohio Wildlife Council is standing by its approval of proposed 2013-14 deer hunting regulations. In a 3-4 vote on Wednesday, May 15, council members turned down amendments to hunting rules they approved on April 17. Those [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The Jonathan Alder Board of Education hired Aaron Johnson as interim treasurer during a special meeting on Friday. Johnson is the current treasurer of Fairbanks Local Schools in Union County. He will work five to 20 hours per week at Alder, beginning immediately. Johnson will receive $50 [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A London-area man will spend six months in prison for trafficking heroin on Jan. 17. Charles E. Kuhn, 35, 6515 Neil Road, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Madison County Common Pleas Court to the drug trafficking charge as part of a plea deal. Because Kuhn has prior trafficking convictions, [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer London is a former stop for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. That Civil-War-period fact is not lost to cyclists who are retracing the route, which courses northward from Alabama to Ontario, Canada. A group of seven cyclists pitched their tents Wednesday evening beneath the roof of the Prairie [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer London City Schools continue to get their financial house in order, according to treasurer Kristine Blind. Blind presented a revised five-year forecast for the school district at Tuesday’s board of education meeting. Revenues for the 2013 fiscal year ending on June 30 totaled $18,591,323, while expenses fell to $17,830,982. [...]
