By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A widespread effort spearheaded by the London Community Organization raised more than $30,000 in five weeks to open the city’s municipal pool for the upcoming swim season. Steve Lelonek and other LCO members presented city officials with a $30,000 check on Tuesday to defray the cost of operating the [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer The countdown is on. With less than a week until Tuesday, May 7, Madison-Plains school district officials are taking into account not only information disseminated about the need for its permanent improvement levy, but also information taken in as the district took its campaign throughout its 270 square miles. [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Jason U.N. Copley will spend his 20th birthday in jail on Tuesday — less than a day after pleading guilty to holding up the BP Station at 51 E. High St., London, in December. Copley, of 31 W. Fourth St. in the city, pleaded guilty in Madison County Common [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer When it comes to organ and tissue donations, more are needed. So said Kaitlyn Thompson, spokeswoman for Lifeline of Ohio, which takes the lead in the mission to gather more and as a result, save lives. April is recognized as Donate Life month. Thompson said 58 percent of county [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A Marysville woman was sentenced to a year in prison on Tuesday for stealing more than $4,000 in items from a family member in August 2012. Brittany M. Baldwin, 20, 603 London Ave., pleaded guilty to burglary in Madison County Common Pleas Court on March 19. An admitted addict, [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Mt. Sterling council revisited its debt reduction fee for the loan on its new water plant during its meeting Monday evening. After a work session last week, it was decided to change the way the new water plant would be funded. Instead of a 20-year loan at 2 percent [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The City of London will seek a $17,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to improve the fledgling Tile Mill Park, following action by city council on Thursday. Council members authorized safety-services director Steve Hume to apply for a NatureWorks grant to construct a driveway from the [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Municipal court Judge Eric Schooley said Monday his space in the basement of the Madison County Courthouse is much too small to efficiently handle 12,000-14,000 cases per year. “We can’t do anymore than we’re doing,” Schooley told the building commission. Storage space is non-existent and his staff is stuffed [...]
