By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor During the village council meeting held Monday, May 13, Police Chief James Hill offered council his ideas on how to staff the police force back at 2011 levels. Plain City reduced the number of officers last year, from eight to seven, due to budget shortfalls. A 0.5 percent income [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor Will fireworks burst above Plain City this Independence Day? Probably not, according to Mayor Sandra Adkins, who spoke on the subject to village council on Monday night. Fireworks were among the many cuts made by council last year in order to deal with a budget shortfall. The mayor told [...]
Edna (Troyer) Christner, 85, of Dublin, passed away Thursday morning, May 9, 2013, after a battle with Alzheimers for about 12 years. She was born July 12, 1927 in Plain City, to the late Eli and Malinda (Farmwald) Troyer. Member of Canaan Fellowship Church, Plain City. Preceded in death by parents; husband of 65 years, Glen N. [...]
Anthony (Tony) Eugene Watson, 54, passed away suddenly Saturday, May 4, 2013, Plain City. Born March 28, 1959, in Bellevue, Ohio. Graduated from Auto Mechanics at Highpoint Technical School. Army Private E-2 and Reserve Veteran. Was a mason by trade and achieved a reputation for the finest quality and being unequaled in speed as well [...]
Hazel (Wilcox) Houchard, 102, of Plain City, passed away peacefully Monday, May 6, 2013, at the Kobacker House after a brief illness. Born Dec. 27, 1910, in Franklin County, Ohio, to Charles and Arvilla (Boyer) Wilcox. Survived by daughter, Juan Humbert of San Francisco, California; son, John Houchard of Plain City; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Graveside [...]
Marilyn Arlene Showalter, 65, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, after a four year battle with cancer. Marilyn was born on May 13, 1947, in Wooster, Ohio, just a few minutes before her twin sister Margaret. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Don Showalter of Mechanicsburg, Ohio; children, Carol (Daniel) Hobbs [...]
Nomination forms for the American Red Cross of Madison County Board Hometown Hero event, sponsorship opportunities, and tickets are available from any Madison County Red Cross Board member, Local Executive Director Dave Sharp by phone at (740) 845-9939 or by e-mail at dave.sharp@redcross.org. Deadline for the nominations is Friday, April 26. Forms are publicly available [...]
After 17 years in Plain City’s public sector, Village Administrator Steve Hilbert is moving on.
