ASHLAND — It was common for Park Street Brethren Preschool & Child Care to receive calls about infant and toddler care — even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the center recently expanded its services, Director Mackenzie Howell said she’d sometimes receive two or three calls per week from parents seeking care for children under 2 […]
Tracy Leturgey, Staff Reporter
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Man identified in downtown Jeromesville’s fatal fire
JEROMESVILLE — The Ashland County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died Sunday in a fire in downtown Jeromesville. The body found following the fire was identified as Timothy Botdorf, the coroner’s office confirmed Wednesday evening. His cause of death remains under investigation. Firefighters discovered the body on the second floor on 10 W. […]
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Jeromesville mayor, residents reflect on Sunday’s downtown fire
JEROMESVILLE — Though the appearance of downtown Jeromesville has been altered, the village remains resilient, Mayor Randy Spade said Monday. Twenty four hours earlier, a massive fire tore through three prominent structures on West Main Street, leaving one man dead in a second floor apartment and severely damaging at least two buildings. “The thing about […]
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One dead, buildings damaged in downtown Jeromesville fire
JEROMESVILLE — One man died and multiple buildings were damaged early Sunday morning during a fire along the village’s downtown West Main Street. Firefighters found the man’s body in what’s believed to be a second floor apartment at 10 W. Main St. when conditions allowed them to search the structure, according to a Sunday press release […]
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Ashland judge rules for Mohican Young Star, 3rd-party will not take over its management
PERRYSVILLE — A local judge sided with Mohican Young Star Academy Wednesday following a civil hearing where the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services sought to place the facility under third-party management. Ashland County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ronald Forsthoefel denied the department’s motion to appoint third-party management and dismissed this action […]
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State requests on-site monitor at Mohican Young Star Academy amid allegations of abuse
PERRYSVILLE — The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is asking the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas to authorize an on-site monitor at the Mohican Young Star Academy after the court canceled an order that would have removed its current owner and placed the facility under third-party operation. On Thursday, March 4, Judge […]
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Hand sanitizer manufacturer to bring 60+ jobs to Ashland facility
ASHLAND — The manufacturer of Purell hand sanitizer intends to bring 60 to 90 jobs to Ashland. Earlier this year, GOJO of Akron signed a seven-year lease for a more than 600,000 square-foot facility located at 1250 George Rd. in Ashland. The GOJO Ashland Distribution Center expands the business’s warehousing and distribution network, which includes […]
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Photographer draws on Ashland childhood to capture the world with her camera
ASHLAND — Dr. Jennifer Fish’s quaint childhood in Ashland sparked a curiosity that would later lead her to capture more than 60,000 photographs in 49 different countries. The award-winning professor, photographer and chair of the women’s studies department at Old Dominion University has spent the past decades — prior to the pandemic — telling stories […]
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Region reacts to future plans at former Chippewa Lake Park
MEDINA COUNTY — It’s the late 1960s. More than a thousand people are crowded into The Ballroom at Chippewa Lake Park — a then thriving music venue located at an amusement park located along Chippewa Lake in Medina County. The venue is alive with excitement. As the crowd waits for The Box Tops to take […]
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Convicted serial killer Shawn Grate obtains new attorney, may attempt to reopen case
ASHLAND — Convicted serial killer Shawn Grate has been appointed a new attorney, who intends to file an application to reopen his death penalty case, according to court documents. The Ohio Supreme Court granted a motion Thursday allowing Elizabeth Arrick of Lexington, Ky., to represent Grate, convicted of killing five women in three Ohio counties — […]