Perrysville News

Wayne County Speedway will reopen this weekend after a midseason hiatus, and it will do so with a new boss.

Since January, the Loudonville-Perrysville school board and citizen groups have been studying the building aspects of new school district buildings through the Ohio School Facilities Commission.

Bill Jones and Tony Smith, leaders of the Greentown Preservation Association, have a vision for the Greentown Indian village north of Perrysville.

Alcohol was a factor in a two-car crash Sunday on Ohio 39, the State Highway Patrol reported.

"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.

Ramon and Nancy McMillen celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Skyway East in Mansfield.

MILLERSBURG, OH: Charles 'Tony' Goon, age 80, of Millersburg, OH, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Akron General Hospital.

The bike show opens up at 11 a.m Saturday in Loudonville's Central Park with a rib burnoff and live bands beginning at 1 p.m. Food and swap meet vendors will be available for purchase of items.

A Loudonville Vietnam veteran who earned the Purple Heart after sustaining a wound in Quan Tri Province stirred an audience of more than 200 in the Loudonville High School gym to work stronger for veterans.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, centerpiece for this weekend's Thunder in Paradise motorcycle show in Loudonville, arrived in the village late Wednesday afternoon, escorted by a convoy of about 250 motorcycles.

Tricia Lynn McMillen and Vernon Michael Fisher were married October 11, 2008 at St.

Ashland County Planning Director Tim Cooper told the commissioners the county received $109,000 which will be used for three projects.

There were several crashes in the county over the weekend, two of which were in Perrysville.

It looks like the Loudonville-Perrysville Schools are going to be on the November ballot with a state aided building proposal.

Pastor John Temple got more than he bargained for after giving the commencement address for the Loudonville High Class of 2009 Sunday.

Richard Foote teaches a lesson on simple machines in his classroom at R.F. McMullen Elementary.

Area news briefs: Mansfield farmers market opens Friday May 31, 2009 Mansfield Farm market opening at Carrousel The Carrousel District Farmers Market will open Friday.

Memorial services continue to be the tradition at the Ohio Memorial Shrine, nestled in a peaceful corner of the Mohican-Memorial State Forest along SR 97 in southern Ashland County.

Mr. and Mrs. James Bittinger will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary May 30, 2009 with an Open House from 6-8pm at the Butler Clearfork Adult Center at 20 W. Henry Street, Butler, Ohio hosted by their children.

PERRYSVILLE -- A 64-year-old Mount Vernon man died Thursday of injuries he received in a motorcycle accident last week.