West Jeff wins round one
West Jefferson boys beat Elgin 58-53 in the basketball tournament opener. Read about it in Thursday’s Madison Press.
West Jefferson boys beat Elgin 58-53 in the basketball tournament opener. Read about it in Thursday’s Madison Press.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, the London Country Club will be hosting a comedy show featuring the talents of Chick McGee.
Eli Yoder, 77, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, 2012, at his home. He was born on April 18, 1934, in Plain City, Ohio, to the late Noah S. and Mary Kurtz Yoder. On June 30, 2003, he married the former Bonnie Chamberlain at Indian Lake, Ohio, and she survives. He [...]
Ruth Adelaide Ropp, 94, of London, Ohio, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, 2:57 a.m. at the Madison House in London. She was born Sept. 26, 1917, in Madison County, a daughter of Fred and Myrta (Paullin) Dorn. She was a lifetime member of Midway Presbyterian Church, and long time member of London Chapter No. 386 O.E.S., Madison [...]

West Jefferson Mayor Darlene Steele and the members of village council honored retiring Police Chief Dennis Gates for his years of dedicated service to the village as a law enforcement officer, during their meeting Monday night.

Fourth-graders at Plain City Elementary School went to Washington Tuesday afternoon, if only for about an hour in a manner of speaking.
By NANCY ARMOUR, HOWARD FENDRICH and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career. “It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen,” Dorsett says now. “Did they [...]
NEW ALBANY — The rematch is on. The Madison-Plains girls basketball topped Marion Pleasant, 53-47, in the opening round of the Division III Central District tournament Saturday at New Albany High School. The Golden Eagles (12-9) will play West Jefferson, which had a first-round bye, in the next round at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 [...]