By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The Jonathan Alder Board of Education hired Aaron Johnson as interim treasurer during a special meeting on Friday. Johnson is the current treasurer of Fairbanks Local Schools in Union County. He will work five to 20 hours per week at Alder, beginning immediately. Johnson will receive $50 per hour [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor During the village council meeting held Monday, May 13, Police Chief James Hill offered council his ideas on how to staff the police force back at 2011 levels. Plain City reduced the number of officers last year, from eight to seven, due to budget shortfalls. A 0.5 percent income [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor Will fireworks burst above Plain City this Independence Day? Probably not, according to Mayor Sandra Adkins, who spoke on the subject to village council on Monday night. Fireworks were among the many cuts made by council last year in order to deal with a budget shortfall. The mayor told [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Janis Thom resigned as treasurer of the Jonathan Alder Local School District on Monday after Superintendent Gary Chapman and independent accountants found errors in her five-year financial forecast, including an overstatement of revenue. Those errors forced the district to begin cutting expenses immediately in order to avoid ending the [...]
By Fran Odyniec For The Advocate The Madison County Sheriff’s Office accepted approximately $20,000 worth of unused and expired medications at this past Saturday’s national “Drug Take-Back Day,” held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the office’s operations center at Elm Street and Garfield Avenue. “We are very satisfied with the results,” Sheriff [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Kyle H. Koch, 21, 5419 Madison St., Hilliard, was charged with violating the terms of his probation for breaking and entering and theft convictions. Koch and co-defendant Jacob Heyder broke into Agape Church in Plain City on Aug. 20, 2011 to steal office equipment. As terms of their community [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A widespread effort spearheaded by the London Community Organization raised more than $30,000 in five weeks to open the city’s municipal pool for the upcoming swim season. Steve Lelonek and other LCO members presented city officials with a $30,000 check on Tuesday to defray the cost of operating the [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor In the middle of Monday night’s Plain City village council meeting, President Pro Tem Kevin Vaughn finished his report to the mayor by resigning from council, effective immediately. No one on council seemed surprised as the mayor immediately asked to go into executive session. When council re-convened, Mayor Adkins [...]