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City budget questions get committee attention
MARION - City Council's finance committee on Monday heard from the city auditor that as council continues to deal with the 2009 budget 2010 budget challenges loom.
By a resounding 1,824-786 margin, voters in the Loudonville-Perrysville school district rejected an attempt to repeal the district's 0.75 percent school district income tax in Tuesday's general election.
Ashland County Election Results
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.
Area schools monitoring absentee levels
The impact of swine flu on Ashland County school attendance seems to be a mixed bag, according to reports from area superintendents.
Loudonville-Perrysville School Board Four battle for three open seats
Three incumbents and a challenger with former board experience give voters in the Loudonville-Perrysville school district a clear choice in the race for three seats on the school board.
McMullen Elementary hailed by state
R.F. McMullen Elementary School here, for the third year in a row, was named by the Ohio Department of Education as a "School of Promise." Schools were selected based on the following criteria: n Schools serve at least 40 percent economically disadvantaged students, as reported in the statewide Educational Management Information Service for the ...
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Continued rain plagues fair Live performances forced to move to auditorium
Intermittent rain continued to plague the 2009 Loudonville Free Street Fair on Friday.
Loudonville Street Fair Threatening weather sends concerts indoors
Weather that felt more like the first week of November than October chilled fairgoers in Loudonville on Wednesday, the second day of the Loudonville Free Street Fair.
Two people were injured this morning in a one-car crash on County Road 1027. Mike A. Mechling, 37, of Perrysville was driving a 2004 Hyundai Accent north on County Road 1027 at about 8:30 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the road, according to a report from the Ashland post of the State Highway Patrol.
Area News Briefs: Spaghetti supper to help fire department
Early release, then no school Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village Schools will dismiss an hour early Wednesday for teacher-staff development meetings.
Cuts OK'd for L-P schools if tax fails
In the event school district voters approve a referendum election Nov. 3, $918,400 in cuts will be implemented to offset the loss in revenues.
Ashland Board of Elections votes to keep L-P District tax issue on fall ballot
The Ashland County Board of Elections voted unanimously Thursday to keep a citizen referendum on the ballot seeking the repeal of a 0.75 percent income tax levy of Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village School District.
Board Of Elections Approves Repeal Referendum
Ashland County Board of Elections officials voted unanimously to allow a referendum on the November General Election ballot seeking the repeal of a .75 percent income tax levy for the Loudonville-Perrysville School District.
Scott Clantz's strategy at Wednesday night's Combine/Lawn Mower Derby was to "go fast and try not to get hit." And, at least for a while, it seemed to work.
Ohio To Close Youth Correctional Facility
One of the state's six Juvenile Correctional Facilities got the word Friday morning that they're closing down.
Ohio DYS: Mohican juvie facility to close next year
COLUMBUS - To curb a budget reduction, the Ohio Department of Youth Services will be closing a third juvenile correctional facility within the next fiscal year.
Fallen Mohican-area hero returning today
Damon Winkleman, right, is shown with his brother, Nathan, and mother, Pat, on Parents Night at Redbird Stadium in Loudonville on Oct.
Perrysville Man Indicted On Count Of Attempted Murder
A Perrysville man has been indicted by the Richland County Grand Jury on counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and felonious assault.
Lawsuit claims Ohio blocking youth prison investigators
COLUMBUS -- The state is hindering the work of court-ordered investigators of Ohio's juvenile prison system in retaliation for a negative report issued by the investigators, lawyers representing juvenile offenders said Tuesday in a federal court complaint.