Ashland News

Ashland County Board of Elections chairwoman Bonnie Manos met the county commissioners Thursday to talk about the 2010 budget.

Larry Paxton was appointed Tuesday night by Ashland Mayor Glen Stewart to serve the remainder of former finance director Anna Tomasek Musson's term which expires Dec.

ASHLAND -- Hedstrom Plastics is moving its manufacturing facility to the former Walmart building on Baney Road this spring, allowing the company to expand operations.

The Ashland Salvation Army hopes to raise $50,000 during its annual Red Kettle Campaign, which got underway Wednesday.

A Shelby woman was indicted by the Richland County Grand Jury on charges of escape, falsification and making false allegations after she ran out of a police cruiser in early October and accused the officer of raping her.

A Crowd listens to speakers during the anti-health care reform rally Thursday at the Fin, Feather and Fur Outfitters in Ashland.

Photo By Tom E. PuskarAshland High School's Marquise Jones is tackled by Warren Howland High School's Cody Tynon and Tevin Marsh during second quarter high school playoff action Friday, Nov.

County Commissioner Mike Welch escaped injury Tuesday morning when he was rear-ended by a car while operating a skid loader north of the village on Ohio 89.

An Ashland man pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition on Tuesday morning in Ashland County Common Pleas Court.

After Richard Handy of Fairfield received an e-mail from a conservative group calling Gov.

A holiday shopping extravaganza was held this past weekend in Ashland that benefits the Ashland Symphony Orchestra.

Ashland County Board of Elections director Shannon Leininger is predicting 40 percent of the county's registered voters will vote in today's general election.

Some of the closest races in the county could come down to the last vote, as 234 provisional ballots could decide races or issues where fewer than 10 votes separate the unofficial winners and losers.

ASHLAND -- Marla Akridge, president of the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, has resigned to accept a position with the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina.

Unofficial results from the Ashland County Board of Elections show current Ashland City School Board members Rick Ewing and James Wolfe being re-elected as well as newcomer Tom Lavinder.

After serving nearly 35 years with the City Police Department, Chief Bill Miracle will retire at the end of the month.

A city man received minor injuries this morning when a motorist ran over his foot while he was crossing East Main Street at Arthur Street.

Arson investigators are checking out another suspicious fire in the Heights, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

The Ashland County Commissioners Thursday put threw their support behind CSX Railroad using federal stimulus dollars to replace two bridges in Sullivan Township but the commissioners say they do not want to own the structures.

Freshman Kelsey Maloney hit her tee shot on the first hole at the Ohio State University Golf Club's Gray Course, but that was it for the Ashland High School girls golf team Friday at the Division I state tournament.