Grove City News

Grove City officials made their bid Nov. 12 to a state transportation council to increase the funding priority of the estimated $34-million Interstate 71-state Route 665 interchange makeover.

Anders Larson is a staff sportswriter for ThisWeek Community Newspapers. By now, most high school sports fans around the area know about the impact that former South-Western City Schools football players Jayshan Jackson and Chris Fuqua have had at new schools this fall.

Grove City senior Mike Mayers is joined by his parents, Mark and Jayne, as he signs a letter of intent to play baseball at Mississippi during a ceremony on Nov.

Grove City senior Paige Myers signs a letter of intent to play softball at Miami University as her father, Chris, looks on during a ceremony on Nov.

Mike Cavey is the new boys basketball coach at Central Crossing. The passing of the latest South-Western City School levy earlier this month not only revived the sports programs, but also presented an opportunity for coaches Mike Cavey, Neil Hohman and Chaz McCutcheon.

Ohio voters approved casinos earlier this month, but some businesses already have machines that look a lot like slots.

With the passage of the South-Western City Schools levy Nov. 3, we know now that sports will be back soon in the school district.

Local florists' efforts to collect children's books comes as local libraries are struggling under statewide budget cuts.

South-Western school board members on Nov. 4 unanimously approved contracts for 43 winter sports coaches.

The children of Scioto Meadows must summon all their patience as they wait for a new park in their subdivision, said a resident.

Christopher Bowman of the Eagles eyes Rosecrans defender Jared Dalton as teammate Jesse Barns looks to make a block.

When I visited my grandparents as a kid, I'd hear Grandma in the basement early each morning rattling the furnace grates to bring a coal fire back to life.

The trash you toss next year probably will stay in Franklin County under a deal that will help erase a projected $2 million deficit at the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.

Members of the Westland girls basketball team scrimmage Wednesday, a day after the South-Western City Schools levy passed and sports were restored.

Natalie Rizzonelli, a junior at Central Crossing, bumps the ball to a teammate during the match against Grove City last Saturday.

There is no shortage of hotly-contested issues on Tuesday's ballot. Voters are being asked to decide the fates of more than 20 school levy and bond issues, along with statewide issues pertaining to war bonds, livestock regulation and future of casinos in Ohio.

Anne Bloor Barkett and Scott Louis Dietrich were married July 7, 2009 at Emerald Beach in St.

The city of Columbus last week received the Preservation Merit Award from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.

Coach Ernie Plank and members of the 1954 Grove City High School football team Bill Lotz, Jack McClure, Chuck Patton, Jim O'Conner, Dr John Culberson and Dave Jones attended the dedication of the Ernie Plank "Field of Dreams" in Windsor Park Wednesday, Oct.

Demetrius Clark of Ready breaks free from West Jefferson's Brian Garen on his way to a touchdown during the Silver Knights' 24-21 victory Sept.