By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS COLUMBUS (AP) — Students withholding information about an alleged rape in an eastern Ohio city last summer are thwarting investigators, school officials said Thursday as they encouraged students to contact police if they know something. The Steubenville school board is also expanding programs to raise further awareness of sexual harassment, bullying, date [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Members of the London City Schools Board of Education removed the term “interim” from Superintendent Tom Ben’s title on Tuesday by approving a two-year contract for the veteran administrator. Board members hired Ben a year ago to oversee district operations while the search for a full-time successor to former [...]
All boys and girls ages 10-14 are invited to participate in the local competition for the 2013 Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Championship. The local competition will be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, at Jonathan Alder High School, 9200 U.S. Route 42 South, Plain City. There is no charge to enter. [...]
By Kevin Dye Staff Writer The first meeting of the new year brought the selection of officers for West Jefferson Village Council. Council member Ron Garver was the only candidate nominated for the position of council president and was unanimously elected to the position. Likewise, council member Steven Johnston was selected by all members [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Marv Homan will serve as president of the London City Schools Board of Education for 2013. Curtis Brooks will serve as vice president. Both were elected during the school board’s annual organizational meeting, held Thursday, Dec. 3. Regular board meetings were scheduled for 6 p.m. on the second Tuesdays [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor As it most likely was at every school board meeting around the nation this week, security and student safety was the hot topic at Madison-Plains’ Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening. “It sounds like the school in Connecticut had all the safety procedures in place,” said board member Ken [...]
As a state legislator, I’ve been around government and politics long enough to know that no matter what you do, someone will find a way to disagree. Recently, legislative action I took to bring jobs to people in my district drew criticism from some in the media. But I won’t apologize for fighting for people [...]
By Kevin Dye Staff Writer “The first thing that we did was all the principals and I assembled Monday to discuss the situation,” superintendent William Mullet said. “We have a crisis plan to follow and the first thing we wanted to do was to take time to address every teacher and every student in the [...]
