Thurston News

FAIRFIELD COUNTY - Safety levies came out on top as unofficial election results rolled in Tuesday night.

A Fairfield County man was killed this morning when his car drove off the road In Perry County and hit a guardrail.

LANCASTER - Whether it's a Thursday or a Saturday night, one thing's for sure: The kids just want to trick-or-treat. Lancaster's trick-or-treating this year falls on a Thursday night, the same as 2008.

Buckeye Valley Superintendent John Schiller will retire from the Delaware County school district when his contract ends next summer.

Joey Adams, 19, of Millersport; was booked at 3:47 a.m. for petty theft. He was released at 4:41 a.m. Nicolas Cornell, 19, of Lancaster; was booked at 5:11 p.m. for theft.

Derrick Allmon, 20, of Reynoldsburg; was booked at 2:22 p.m. Friday for aggravated assault.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY - The Thurston-Walnut Township Fire Department received $4,500 in grants from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Sen.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY --Those who want their issues on the November ballot have passed one hurdle by making it through the submission deadline.

BALTIMORE -- The village of Baltimore and village of Thurston will have a special joint council meeting at 7:30 p.m. Aug.

AMANDA - Items were stolen from a vehicle in the 7300 block of Heigle Road, according to a report from the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office.

MILLERSPORT: Alice Martha Ann Bishop, age 67, of Millersport, OH passed away on Tuesday July 21, 2009 at the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH.

Our lives divide into chapters. One of my mine is July 11, 1974. From that day, scenes are seered into my memory from the hundreds of times I've replayed them, searching again for something I missed, for a sign that I should have gone left instead of right, or out Holder Road from Baltimore instead of Canal.

The following people were booked into the Fairfield County Jail between Thursday and Tuesday.

BALTIMORE - It was 2001 when officials in the Liberty Union-Thurston School District turned in an Ohio Facilities Commission application with the hope of receiving funding to build a middle school.

The following people were booked into the Fairfield County Jail Friday through Sunday.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Marcella G. Foltz, 87, of Newark, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield Beach United Methodist Church, 5570 Fairfield Beach Road, Thornville, with Pastor Terry Borah officiating.

There are 100 percent of the precincts in Fairfield County reporting. Listed below are the unofficial results for Fairfield County, according to the Fairfield County Board of Elections: The Fairfield County Roads 0.5-mill five year levy has passed with 9033 votes for the levy, or 69.54 percent.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY - Unofficial results are starting to come in for one of three local village levies: Unofficial election results for the 2.5-mill replacement levy for the Thurston-Walnut Fire Department levy are as follows: Sixteen voted for the levy - 45.71 percent.

The village of Baltimore and Liberty Union-Thurston Schools announce the award of a grant through the Ohio Department of Transportation for the creation of a School Travel Plan through its Safe Routes to School Program.