Ashland County News

Traditionally, the Christmas season begins the weekend after Thanksgiving when families raise their Christmas trees, radio stations play the season's classics and lights begin to dot the landscape.

An Ashland County man convicted of torching two vehicles in an insurance fraud case more than eight years ago received a full pardon from the governor Monday.

Ashland County Board of Elections chairwoman Bonnie Manos met the county commissioners Thursday to talk about the 2010 budget.

The Richland County Solid Waste Management Authority's 2010 budget will a have a small surplus of money according to executive director Joanne Mudra.

Residents and township officials expressed concerns over zoning and the removal of a sprinkler system at the former Heartland Home at a Vermillion Township Zoning Board of Appeals meeting to discuss the change of use at the building.

Ashland County Commissioner Mike Welch was not hurt when the skid loader he was driving was hit in the rear by a car.

A St. Clairsville man, who led authorities on a high speed chase through eastern Ashland and western Wayne County on August 24th, has pleaded guilty in Ashland County Common Pleas Court.

The new library director may expect to make an annual salary ranging from $75,000 to $95,000 -- an amount determined by the human resources committee and then approved by the full board of trustees.

An Ashland man pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition on Tuesday morning in Ashland County Common Pleas Court.

By COURTNEY ALBON T-G Staff Writer Change was the theme for three of four area school boards, each of which will see at least one new face as a result of Tuesday's election.

Ashland County commissioners on Thursday said they are considering changing health insurance administrators in an attempt to reduce future costs.

Some of the closest races in the county could come down to the last vote, as 234 provisional ballots could decide races or issues where fewer than 10 votes separate the unofficial winners and losers.

Ashland County voters Tuesday said no to a proposed .25 sales tax increase for the general fund.

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.

A landslide of Ashland County voters rejected a 1 4% raise in the county sales tax on Tuesday.

Ashland County Board of Elections director Shannon Leininger is predicting 40 percent of the county's registered voters will vote in today's general election.

The Ashland County Commissioners Thursday put threw their support behind CSX Railroad using federal stimulus dollars to replace two bridges in Sullivan Township but the commissioners say they do not want to own the structures.

After further consideration, Ashland County Commissioners on Thursday decided to pass on a proposal to take ownership of two bridges in Sullivan Township.

Ashland County Coroner Dr. William Emery prefaced his message to the county commissioners Thursday by saying "death waits for no one, it doesn't run on a timetable." Simply put, Dr.

Ashland County officials have scored and prioritized infrastructure projects that will now be sent to an eight county district and eventually to the Ohio Public Works Commission.