By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A Fayette County woman will spend an extra five months in prison for a 2012 theft from the London Walmart. Destiny L. Wilson, 32, formerly of 94 Jamison Road, Lot 160, Washington Court House was sentenced on Thursday to six months in the Marysville Reformatory for Women for stealing [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Street-side special pick ups of downed tree limbs, discarded appliances and bedbug-infested furniture and mattresses may soon get easier if the London Board of Public Utilities (BPU) gets its way. BPU member Stan Kavy appeared before city council on Thursday and requested authorization to purchase a $72,000 grapple for [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The London man who held up the BP Station at 51 E. High St. in December was sentenced on Friday to four years in prison. Jason U.N. Copley, 20, will receive credit for six months spent in Tri-County Regional Jail, making him eligible for parole in late 2016. Copley [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Unlike his name, author Jack Phoenix’s first published novel, “The Tormentors,” did not rise out of the ashes of something from a previous life. Instead it is the product of a decade of writing as a hobby and persevering on the long trail to publishing. “The Tormentors” will make [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer A woman described as generous and giving to the London community has passed away. Ruth Dennis Sawyer, 81, died Thursday, May 30 in Cincinnati. She lived a spirited life of which much of it was spent giving to the Madison County community. Much of her life, 60 years, were [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for felonies is nothing new to Ohio. A state law allowing DNA collections from felony arrestees went into effect in July 2011, according to Dan Tierney, spokesperson for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Prior to [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Are snorts, whinnies, hoots, moos and cackles “good” behavior in a classroom? The aforementioned sounds are rewards for good behavior as enthusiastically exhibited by Laura Hipp’s first grade class at Monroe Elementary School. Because the students had performed well in a teaching unit on vowel friends, they were rewarded [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer The board of county commissioners has let go Dave Brand as county sanitary engineer. Its decision was reached following an executive session on Tuesday, May 28. Their decision was released to The Press Thursday. The county sanitary engineer position has been held by the county engineer for some years. [...]
