West Jefferson News

WEST JEFFERSON: A fireworks display had to wait until the end of the holiday weekend in one central Ohio community because of an accident involving a natural gas meter.

Residents of West Jefferson will have a fireworks display on Sunday night instead of Saturday night.

The next Columbus Symphony Picnic with the Pops concert, Saturday, on the lawn of Chemical Abstracts Service, 2540 Olentangy River Rd., will feature Marvin Hamlisch and Linda Eder.

Two males were taken to area hospitals after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 Friday night.

Police said a man pointed a gun at officers during a chase that spanned two counties early Thursday.

A 20-year-old man was killed when his vehicle struck a culvert and rolled on its top Sunday evening.

BALTIMORE - Some coaches might have shuddered at the prospect of replacing a second-team all-Ohio pitcher with a freshman.

Twelve-year-old Lilly Watters isn't fond of baking. For a good cause, though, she made an exception.

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WEST JEFFERSON, Ohio a ' The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a severe accident in Madison County that involved a mini-van and 8 victima TMs total.

Host Granville swept Mid-State League-Ohio Division foe Whitehall and nonleague opponent West Jefferson in boys tennis action Thursday.

CRESTLINE: Estella M. Zara, 72, of 1007 North Clink Blvd, Crestline, died Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at MedCentral/ Mansfield Hospital, after a brief illness.

Here's what's happening in Granville and Licking County today: WHAT'S NEW? * Victorian Teas are back at the Robbins Hunter Museum, 221 E. Broadway , to be held on the second Friday of the month starting at noon tomorrow.

City of Columbus voters will decide in August whether to approve a 0.5 percent hike on the existing 2 percent income tax.

The Madison County Sheriff's Department is looking for a critically missing adult.

The State of Ohio has issued another Missing Adult Alert. A press release indicates Marvin Baker, 78 years old was last seen at his residence in West Jefferson Saturday around 3 p.m. Baker is described as a white male, 5'10", 165 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair.

A small plane had a problem with its landing gear this afternoon and slid off the runway after landing at Bolton Field, according to the State Highway Patrol.

A funeral service for Dr. Paul George Rothaug III, 45, of West Jefferson, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Brucker and Kishler Funeral Home, 985 N. 21st St., Newark, with Pastor Brian Priest and Pastor Ben McKinstry officiating.

Biracial female born July 20, 1972 in the Madison County Ohio area. Birth certificate says place of birth was Ohio State University Hospital at 4:26pm. Birth Mother from the West Jefferson, Ohio area.

Ohio's unemployment rate spiked again, reaching a high Ohioans haven't seen since 1985.