For The Madison Press Getting this year’s summer concert series off to a festive start is what Bryan Howard, library services manager, had in mind so he did what most librarians do and did some research. After looking at a list of possible musical groups, he zeroed in on the Irish band, The Drowsy [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press If there were any doubt as to why the 24 cadets in this year’s Madison County Junior Deputy Academy reported for duty at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 10 Sheriff Jim Sabin put those doubts to rest. “I place the same trust in you as I do [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer He doesn’t like attention. But, chances are London Schools Superintendent Tom Ben will get plenty of attention next week as grand marshal of the city’s Strawberry Festival Parade. The parade will march south on Main Street from Cowling Park, beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. Festival organizers [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Budget woes in Jonathan Alder Local Schools became personal on Monday, as the board of education voted to abolish four teaching jobs and three support positions to save money next year. One additional teaching job and five support positions were reduced to part-time. School board members also cut 23 [...]
The following is the Relay for Life schedule of events. It will be held at West Jefferson High School: Friday, June 14 5 p.m. — Food Court opens (teams will be selling food throughout event) 6 p.m. — First Opening Ceremony 6-7:30 p.m. — Survivor Dinner, West Jefferson High School 6:15 p.m. — Start [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A second-grade student at Plain City Elementary School apparently drowned accidentally in a Hilliard-area pool on the weekend, according to principal Kelly Hicks. Hicks told board of education members on Monday that Johnathon Miller, 8, was attending a family gathering on Morris Road in western Franklin County when he [...]
By LARA JAKES WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator on Tuesday described controversial U.S. spy programs as looking far deeper into Americans’ phone records than the Obama administration has been willing to admit, fueling new privacy concerns as Congress sought to defend the surveillance systems. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., says the U.S. intelligence surveillance [...]
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By Sarah Foltz For The Madison Press Coming from a small town, Erica Ernst Stottlemyer had her eyes set on The University of Findlay’s small class sizes, pre-veterinary medicine program and the women’s soccer team after high school. In her freshman year, she decided that physical therapy would be the best major and she [...]