By Chris Miles Sports Editor The uniforms will be the same, but the bodies inside of them will have a completely different look. A year after the Jonathan Alder boys basketball team racked up an impressive 18-3 record and advanced all the way to a Division II district championship game, the Pioneers enter the [...]
By Kevin Dye Staff Writer The Jefferson Local Board of Education opened their meeting Monday night by recognizing individuals in the district who have made an impact in the classroom and in the district garage with the newly created Staff Recognition Awards. School principals Gary Bell, Debbie Omen, Dave Metz and Superintendent William Mullett [...]
By Gregg Rettig Editor Dave Taylor can breathe of a sigh of relief today. The chief of the Sterling Joint Ambulance District saw his levy request pass last night, 1705-1158, according to unofficial results from the Madison County and Pickaway counties board of elections. In Madison County, the measure passed 891-552. In Pickaway County, [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Most voters in the Madison-Plains Local School District apparently do not share the vision of the school’s administration. It chose to run an apparently low-key campaign for its replacement levy and the results apparently speak for themselves. Voters rejected the replacement 2.5 mill levy 52.8 percent to 47.1 percent. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former White House press secretary Bob Gibbs has made an endorsement in Ohio’s 7th congressional district — and it’s not Bob Gibbs. The Bob Gibbs who was President Barack Obama’s White House press secretary endorsed Democrat Joyce Healy-Abrams on Monday in her bid to unseat the Republican incumbent who shares Gibbs’ [...]
By CHRIS MILES Sports Editor There were no wasted motions, no useless celebrations following any points, in fact it could be questioned whether or not the Shekinah Christian volleyball team even broke a sweat during a Division IV district semifinal Wednesday at Hilliard Darby. The second-seeded Flames were every bit as sharp as they were [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer The crowd was sparse last Wednesday evening at Madison-Plains High School for the Madison-Plains School district. Outside of school board members, administrators, and action committee members, attendees were few. “Did anyone miss the drive (way),” Superintendent Boone Hall quipped. Those who did make the driveway heard Board of Education [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Madison Press In a touching ceremony conducted Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 17, at the fire station on West Main Street in Plain City, Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District (PVJFD) Chief Greg Pinney took his leave of the people he called family. Under a hazy Ohio sky, a full complement of PVJFD [...]
