Ashland News

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.

A year after qualifying for their first Division I state tournament, the Ashland High School girls golf team improved on last year's finish by three places Saturday in taking fourth at the Ohio State University Golf Club's Gray Course.

Each week for the past 11 years, Rick Dennison and 10 of his co-workers at Pentair Foundry have contributed to a lottery pool.

Throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, local organizations and businesses have made a commitment to awareness and recognition.

Volunteers are needed for the 2010 Ashland Balloonfest, set to run during the Fourth of July weekend.

Donley Ford of Ashland was chosen to be the dealership to take a new 2010 Ford Taurus to the lucky winner of the Ford Taurus National Football League House Party Sweepstakes.

Cleveland music photographer George Shuba, right, and Daryl Workman sell prints of Shubaa s photographs during the vinyl record and CD show Saturday at Holiday Inn Express.

ASHLAND COUNTY -- Five people were injured late Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ohio 511 and U.S. 30, according to the Ashland Post of the Highway Patrol.

Two people were transported to Samaritan Regional Health System after a two-vehicle injury accident Wednesday at Ohio 302 and U.S. 42.

News Journal staff report ASHLAND -- Steven Hayward, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, will present a colloquium on 'The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989' at 3 p.m. Oct.

Ashland's Sam Mowry and Wooster's Elizabeth Courson go after the ball during the OCC Title game at Community Stadium Thursday, Oct.

The 18th Annual Ashland County Women of Achievement Awards presentation was held Wednesday night at FirstMerit Bank in Ashland, who serves as the corporate sponsor.

Barbecue to raise money for hospice ASHLAND -- Sorella's II, 1505 Claremont Ave., will have an outdoor barbecue and fundraiser for Hospice of North Central Ohio from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Oct.