JEROMESVILLE – The village of Jeromesville is gearing up for a first-of-its kind festival, Blue and White Days, Aug. 24 and 25. Mayor Randy Spade is brimming with excitement to help neighbors make community connections and to welcome former Jeromesville residents home.
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Free haircuts ease back-to-school stress at Ashland elementary
ASHLAND – Knowing the back-to-school season can be hectic and pricey for families, Nicole Brodie and Hillary Heydinger set out to help. Brodie is principal at Reagan Elementary School and her friend, Heydinger, owns Z’s Hair Designs, a hair salon located just around the corner from the school.
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Coburn Gallery to host group exhibition “Figura(tive)
ASHLAND – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will host a group exhibition titled “Figura(tive),” which features a selection of paintings curated by the gallery director Cynthia Petry. The exhibiting artists include Benjy Davies, Beth Nash, Joe Radoccia and Judy Takacs. The exhibition will open with a reception on Thursday, Aug. 30, from 4:30 to […]
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Ashland man wears cheese hat to make people smile
ASHLAND – Dave Hochstetler doesn’t mind being a little cheesy if that’s what it takes to make people smile. Hochstetler, a 63-year-old Essex House resident, can often be found standing along the sidewalk on Main Street in downtown Ashland donning a Wisconsin cheesehead hat, to which he has affixed a toy rat.
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Ashland city council tours county dispatch
IMG_2383.JPG IMG_2296.JPG IMG_2292.JPG IMG_2303.JPG IMG_2305.JPG IMG_2314.JPG IMG_2319.JPG IMG_2326.JPG IMG_2330.JPG IMG_2334.JPG IMG_2340.JPG IMG_2348.JPG An Ashland County Disptacher works in the sheriff’s office’s current communications center. The county is moving forward with plans to upgrade technology in the center. Sheriff E. Wayne Risner speaks to city council members Dennis Miller, Steve Workman and Dan Lawson and Mayor […]
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Ashland city officials tour county dispatch center
ASHLAND – Ashland City officials visited the county’s 911 dispatch center Tuesday in an effort to determine whether to leave the Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments and bring the city’s dispatching services back to Ashland County. Five members of city council were joined by the mayor and the police and fire chiefs, as well as […]
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Drug prevention education expanding in Ashland County schools
ASHLAND – Five years ago, some students in Ashland County were receiving repeated, school-based universal drug and alcohol prevention education, but many were not. “When I talk to people in the community, I think a lot of parents just assume this is part of their kids’ curriculum, that they get alcohol and drug education,” said […]
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Hayesville mom gets jail time for child endangering
ASHLAND – The Hayesville woman who left her two children alone after her son shot her daughter in March was sentenced Monday to 180 days in jail, with work release permitted. Alyssa Edwards, 28, addressed the judge before she was led out of Ashland County Common Pleas Court in handcuffs.
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Increased traffic expected as Ashland University students move In Aug. 24
ASHLAND – Move-in day for Ashland University freshmen on the AU campus will be Friday, Aug. 24, and Ashland residents are reminded of the increased traffic on Broad Street and Claremont Avenue that day. “We just want to make people aware that there will be increased traffic and possibly some backups on Claremont Avenue and […]
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Section of Ohio 89 in Ashland County closed for culvert replacements
ASHLAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued its weekly construction report. As a result of road work, Ashland County drivers are urged to use caution on these roads:
