NEW LEXINGTON - It was a long night for Perry County voters - 87 percent of registered Perry County voters made it to the polls. Counting non-electronic ballots lasted past midnight; board of elections workers said many of the ballots were completed with a check mark instead of a correctly filled in space next to the candidate's name or issue per the directions. More...
NEWARK - Lake area Licking County voters weren't in the mood for higher taxes Tuesday. In Licking Township, voters narrowly rejected an additional three mill levy for fire/EMS services. Unofficially, the levy lost by 58 votes. The additional revenue would have allowed the Licking Township Fire Company to provide 24/7 on-station coverage at its Jacksontown fire station. More...
JACKSONTOWN - Licking Township Trustee President Joe Hart will make one more effort to get the township zoning commission involved in the commercial parking in residential areas issue. More...
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LANCASTER - There are five boxes of provisional and absentee ballots still to be counted in Fairfield County, Walnut Township Schools Superintendent Ron Thornton said Wednesday morning. "They (Board of Elections) have no idea how many there are," he added. More...
Shirley Lucille (Good) Camp, 73, of Hamden, formerly of Baltimore, died October 28, 2008, at Fairfield Medical Cener. She was born Sept. 1, 1935, in Pleasantville, to the late Henry and Lula (Pugh) Good. Shirley is survived by her son, Gerald W. (Debbie) Courtney of Baltimore; daughters, Carolyn S. (Chuck) Hoy of Lancaster, Jackie L. Chambers of Baltimore, Janet M. More...
Compiled from selected police activity reports. Buckeye Lake • Oct. 17: A Family Dollar employee reported two two female shoplifters. • Oct. 17: A Wood Street woman reported several items of jewelry were stolen. More...
