For The Advocate A structure fire was reported in the early morning hours of April 6th, 2013 in Jerome Township leaving 1 woman dead and 1 family displaced from their home. On Saturday April 6th, 2013 at approximately 6:12 A.M. a cellular 911 call was placed by a passerby to the Union County Sheriff’s Office [...]
For The Plain City Advocate Select Sires Inc., Plain City, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having nine registered Angus bulls included in the Association’s 2013 Pathfinder report. Only 1,992 of the more than 25,000 American Angus Association members are represented in this year’s report, according to Bill Bowman, chief operating [...]
KENTON, Ohio (AP) — Two Amish families in northwest Ohio are seeking a compromise with a county health board that wants to evict them from new homes that lack required wells and septic systems. Amish from throughout the region are expected to turn out for a Tuesday meeting of the Kenton-Hardin Board of Health where [...]
By John Rucker In August, the citizens of Plain City were made aware of a projected budget shortfall for the village and were told that if a levy wasn’t passed in November, cuts would have to be made, and a police officer would be laid off. Using public safety as a coercive lever in [...]
By Doris A. Black For The Advocate If you are a hot pepper lover, nothing is better than growing your own. Filling your garden with green, orange, yellow, red or purple peppers makes a spectacular display and guarantees you’ll have just the right touch of “hot” when you need it. Peppers have long been [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor If all goes well, fried plantains may become a Plain City staple. Mayor Adkins told members of the planning and zoning committee that the owner of the Starliner Diner have been toying with the idea of expanding, and have been looking at Plain City. “She’s interested in several locations. [...]
By Sean Hughes The future of Madison County is what Madison County Future, Inc. is all about. Madison County Future, Inc. is a public and private partnership economic development agency that is owned and managed by its public and private investors. A win for one is a win for all in this concept. You have [...]
For The Advocate Tolles Technical School, located on US 42, Plain City, contacted the Madison County Sheriff’s Office to report a bomb threat Friday morning. The sheriff’s office, along with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Crime Scene, began a criminal investigation into the threat. The Columbus Bomb Squad was contacted and responded to [...]