By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press Asked if the spritzes of rain had any negative effect on Heritage Day in Plain City on Saturday, May 18, Maria, a math and history teacher from Toledo, motioned to the kids in line at Shadpoke’s balloon artistry booth and pronounced, “Obviously not.” Maria, who had come down [...]
By JEFF GATES For The Madison Press These Irish eyes are smiling. St. Patrick School’s fourth/fifth grade baseball team wrapped up its regular season by posting a perfect 10-0 record. It has been a number of years since the London school has been able to field a team, but this season they came back [...]
By NOMAAN MERCHANT GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America’s leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts — a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization’s membership and funding. Scouting leaders [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Madison County Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Nichols is expected to rule in coming days on whether or not officers went too far in confiscating suspected drug evidence from a London man during a traffic stop last winter. Defense attorney Shannon Treynor believes deputies illegally confiscated heroin capsules from [...]
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 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, [...]
