Ashland County News

Heroin use is nothing new in Ashland County. But, until a few years ago, trafficking was not an issue.

Twenty miles or so to the south, a different world of employment exists. In Holmes County, an area known for its low unemployment, the rate was 4.9 percent in June, the lowest recorded rate in the state, ...

CANTON -- A former newspaper editor is the new communications director for a congressional candidate whose district includes Ashland County.

Ashland Police Officers closed out the end of last week in busy fashion during "Operation Short Summer." Uniformed officers and plainclothes detectives from the Ashland Police and Ashland County Sheriff's ...

The commissioners will hold two public hearings in August. The Ashland County Commissioners may be forced to do something they haven't done in 20 years -- ask voters for a tax increase to fund the day-to-day ...

ASHLAND -- Now that Terri Meyer has come full circle, she wants to share her art, nature and connection to others.

Ashland City Council Tuesday night approved the annexation of Wil Research Laboratories in Montgomery Township into the city.

Tourists traveling through the Village of Loudonville in southern Ashland County now have a new visitors information center.

The United Way of Ashland County has set its 2009 general campaign goal at $959,000. More Details 7/8/2008 more Links: On June 16th, 2008 WMFD TV ceased broadcasting in analog and became one of the first ...

Sgt. Michael Roth says the Ohio State Highway Patrol was out in full force during the Fourth of July driving period.

Ohio's telephone information lines, including those in Richland County, hope to add referrals to services such as substance abuse counseling or foreclosure advice.

Ohio's elections chief is reconsidering a plan to prohibit poll workers from taking voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

The Ashland Park District has purchased 167 acres on Ohio 13 in Richland County a mile south of Ohio 96 north of Mansfield.

A Bellville woman has died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash Sunday evening in Ashland County's Vermillion Township.

A motorcycle crash last evening at State Route 511 and Township Road 2104 in Ashland County landed a Bellville woman in the hospital with serious head injuries.

Ashland County Information Technology Manager Jeff Beebe talks with the county commissioners about applying for a grant for a feasibility study to have high-speed internet access across the county.

The Ashland County Commissioners have passed a resolution to allow the advertising for the furnishing of archival, indexing, cashiering, imaging system and disaster recovery program for the Ashland County ...

As spirits lift in celebration of the country's independence this Fourth of July weekend, hot air balloons also will rise.

Commissioners want to explore bringing high-speed Internet to all parts of the Ashland County.

The Ashland County Commissioners Thursday approved a tentative 2009 budget of $13,000,877. A stagnant tax base and rising costs for unfunded programs are two problems facing the county.