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 [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The jury trial of a Pike Township man accused of growing marijuana in his backyard garden last summer was averted at the last minute on Tuesday after the defendant pleaded no contest to the charge. Prospective jurors waited outside the Madison County Common Pleas Courtroom as attorneys negotiated the [...]
I was on my way back from some business in Columbus the other day, just motoring along West Broad Street with the thought that a tall latte at the Starbucks in the Kroger at Galloway and West Broad would put a refreshing touch on the morning. Then it happened. Out of habit I always tap [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The Ohio Wildlife Council will take a second look next week at deer-hunting rules it already approved for the 2013-14 season. A special council meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) District One Wildlife Office, 1500 Dublin Road, [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer A new 4-H club is literally growing itself from the ground up. On Friday, May 3, the Beginners and Winners 4-H Club gathered on some local acreage to begin a sweet corn project they hope will come to fruition by mid-July. Beginners to Winners 4-H Club started recently and [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Janis Thom resigned as treasurer of the Jonathan Alder Local School District on Monday after Superintendent Gary Chapman and independent accountants found errors in her five-year financial forecast, including an overstatement of revenue. Those errors forced the district to begin cutting expenses immediately in order to avoid ending the [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer A pair of twins have made doubly sure a venerable main course for a church dinner will endure for years to come. By the time you read this, Liz and Sarah Amling, 27, will be well into preparing the ham loaf for the “famous” ham loaf dinner, which will [...]
FROM THE PUBLISHER: When you spend five years with people, places and things that make you smile, that make you humble, that make you proud, that and more is what comes with the job of a publisher. I have experienced those emotions as publisher of The Madison Press, The Plain City Advocate, The Tribune, and [...]
