Howard News

According to Knox County Prosecutor John Thatcher on Tuesday, in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas, Judge Otho Eyster sentenced three men for felony crimes.

Residents and businesses in Apple Valley are adjusting to the bridge construction on U.S. 36 near Apple Valley.

"It was the worst night of my life." On July 4, 1969, Howard "Hezzy" Nave owned and actively operated two businesses -- Village Inn, a downtown Loudonville restaurant/tavern, and Loudonville Canoe Livery, located a couple blocks from his tavern just west of the Main Street bridge in downtown Loudonville.

This bridge over the Jerome Fork on County Road 1175 in Orange Township collapsed during the flood.

Torrid temperatures did not deter festivalgoers from Friday's edition of the 2009 Heart of Ohio USA Days celebration.

It's turkey time again as the Eastern Knox County Joint Fire District Association launched its 21st annual Danville-Howard Turkey Festival Thursday night.

Monday, June 15, 2009 9:03 AM WCLT News Staff A Howard man is dead following an ATV crash Sunday.

A Knox County man died Sunday when the all terrain vehicle he was riding overturned on top of him.

The Holmes County Sheriff's Department is trying to figure out what caused a fatal accident involving an all-terrain-vehicle. Investigators said a 29-year-old Howard man died Sunday after the ATV flipped on top of him.

After two variances for the property at 23021 Coshocton Road were rejected last week by the Howard Township Zoning Board of Appeals, new life was breathed into possible development of a Dollar General Store in Howard, Thursday night.

FREDERICKTOWN: Harold E. Bechtel, age 94, of Mishey Road, Fredericktown, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at his residence.

Senior citizens crowded the Mount Vernon Public Square on Saturday for the inaugural Seniors Get Fresh Day, held during and after the weekly Farmers Market.

Operating a vehicle impaired, suspended driver's license, no driver's license, left of center - George B. Jewell, 27, of 3423 Three Locks Road, Charges 1, 2 and 4 dismissed with prejudice in consideration of plea to Charge 3, guilty, sentenced to two-year probation and 20 days in Ross County Jail; May 28.

A 17-year-old Howard youth faces one charge of felonious assault and remains in juvenile detention following an alleged attack on a fellow student at East Knox High School last Wednesday.

Owners of a one-acre piece of land west of the Howard fire substation were shocked when the Howard Township Board of Zoning Appeals rejected their application for two variances on land the zoning board recommended be rezoned from agricultural to business in order to build a Dollar General store.

Four men and one juvenile were arrested early Sunday morning during a residential burglary.

Kenyon College held its 181st commencement on Saturday. Held in the Kenyon Athletic Center, the threat of a thunderstorm forced the ceremony to be moved indoors for the first time in recent memory.

Operating a vehicle impaired - Amber R. Howard, 26, of 1794 Davis Road, Bainbridge, guilty, fined $375 and court costs, sentenced to one-year probation and three days in Ross County Jail, ordered to complete alcohol and substance abuse counseling, driver's license suspended six months, subject to random testing; May 14.

Keith Bailey, director of the DKMM Solid Waste District, met with the Knox County Commissioners Thursday morning to address growing concerns about the Knox County Recycling Center, 301 Columbus Road Bailey said that the concerns originate with the company hired to operate the facility, Sims Brothers Inc., of Marion.

Three cars were involved in a crash Saturday at 1:31 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 62 and Ohio 229.