Amanda News Archives

MARION - 2007 River Valley graduate Amanda Himler is back and ready to help area teens find the dress of their dream and make the dream of prom 2008 come true in a big way. via Marion Star

“I was kind of skeptical at first, but it has been amazing to see how this place has come together”

' Monica Knight admits that businesses on the village's main street are "drying up and emptying out." But she's not discouraged - ' she sees it as a challenge. via ParalegalGateway's Weblog

“There are predictions that it could go higher as more rain moves in”

Area residents may have more water to deal with in the next couple of days as rain continues to fall in the area. via Central Ohio

“But I do think it was fair to say he was within minutes of losing his life.”

March 19: Rescuers Scott Trodglen, left, and Amanda Coghill evacuate Katie Rheinhardt, Amy Thomas, Andrew Rheinhardt and daughter Reed from their flooded home in Kentucky. via Fox News

“He's just an average guy, who lost the weight and got fit.”

CANAL WINCHESTER - The average person doesn't take too kindly to being called a 'big loser,' but 29-year-old Scott Shoup doesn't consider the term to be an insult. via LancasterEagleGazette

Open container - Jenny F. Fields, 47, of 745 Jefferson Ave., guilty, fined $25 and court costs; Feb. via Chillicothe Gazette

Eugene M. 'Gene' Dupler, 74, of Lancaster, formerly of Amanda, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at his winter home in Dunedin, Fla. via LancasterEagleGazette

“We're trying to honor everyone who has been involved in the plans for this plant since the very beginning”

AMANDA - It's a decision nine years in the making, but the village of Amanda is finally getting a new water treatment plant. via Chillicothe Gazette

“We're so excited about this thing, because we feel it's the right time, it's the right place, and we feel we're the right people to make this go”

VIOLET TOWNSHIP - U.S. 33 motorists should notice a change in the landscape in the area of the Hill-Diley interchange during the next several years, as plans for an office park and industrial park - less than a ... via LancasterEagleGazette

Amanda - The village of Amanda is getting a new water treatment plant. The $2.1 million treatment plant is set to open on March 31 at 6010 Amanda-Southern Road. via LancasterEagleGazette

Marjorie Dorothea Ruman, 91, of Athens, died early Tuesday morning, March 11, 2008, at Crestview Nursing Center in Lancaster. via LancasterEagleGazette

Amanda Elementary School students file past a fire truck Monday, March 10, after an electrical short above the ceiling in one of the classrooms kicked the breaker and shut off electricity to the Middletown ... via MiddletownJournal

Its future still lies in limbo. Genealogists and local historians will appreciate knowing that 90% of the material in the local history room was saved by volunteers and the records are housed at the Fort ... via The Daily Herald

YATES - YATES: Leonard Arthur Yates, 58, of Chillicothe, and Susan Marvene Yates, 49, of Circleville, dissolution, March 5. ROSS - ROSS: Daniel M. Ross, 30, of Chillicothe, and Waynette D. Ross, of ... via Chillicothe Gazette

A Roseville woman whose statements to investigators led to the arrest and indictment of a former police officer will appear in U.S. District Court in Columbus Friday after being charged with lying to federal ... via Central Ohio

“It is zero new taxes, it's simply maintaining the existing level of funding that voters approved in 2003”

Hilliard City Schools Voters in Hilliard will face an operating levy when they go to the polls. via WCOL-FM Columbus

River Valley High School will present the musical "Into the Woods" 7 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. via Marion Star

LANCASTER - The Lancaster Police Department is reporting that North High Street in the area of Rising Park is closed due to a semi tractor trailer off the road. via LancasterEagleGazette