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. [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press Remember when Harry Hathaway ran a harness shop at 52 S. Main St. in London? Remember when M.M. Creath’s Grocery, run by Murray M. Creath and his son, Murray M. Jr., occupied the site where B&J Optical now is located at 16 S. Main St. in London? [...]
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 [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor London baseball coach Jim Wolverton would rather his players not pay attention to the number next to his team’s first round Division II Central District tournament opponent. The Red Raiders, the 12th-seeded squad in the tournament will open at home today at 5 p.m. against No. 26 Linden. The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
