West Jefferson, Ohio

Philip Alan Mead, age 73, of Pataskala, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010, at his Florida residence surrounded by friends including his best friend from high school.

Henry Rauhaus, a fifth-grade teacher at Hoffman Trails Elementary, guided the small, lightweight plastic plane inside a full Hilliard City Council conference room Monday night.

A Plain City man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday night in Madison County.

A Plain City man was pronounced dead at the scene of a three-vehicle crash on Lilly-Chapel/Georgesville Road in Madison County Friday evening.

Elmer H. "PeeWee" Baker Jr., 64, formerly of the Ano Community in Pulaski County, Ky., and a current resident of West Jefferson, Ohio passed away suddenly at his residence in West Jefferson on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

Nate Elfrink, who was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 30 months old, died Friday at the age of 7, Nate Elfrink, a 7-year-old West Jefferson boy with brain cancer who received thousands of Christmas cards from across the globe, died Friday.

Johnstown extended its season Wednesday by taking down the Roughriders in Division III sectional action at Olentangy Orange.

Bob Fitrakis Mind control and understanding Shutter Island February 21, 2010 To understand Martin Scorsese's well-crafted psychological thriller Shutter Island, viewers should do an internet search on the following three terms: MK-Ultra, Manchurian candidates, and Operation Paperclip.

A fatal crash, involving a semi and a passenger vehicle, has closed one lane of Interstate 71 southbound in Madison County Wednesday afternoon.

Ohioa TMs economy is made up of tens of thousands of small businesses, and at its heart are those entrepreneurs who set out to make a difference, to make their mark and to do it their way.

Brittany Denise Harrington, daughter of Christy Standiford of Dublin, Ohio, and Donald Harrington of West Jefferson, Ohio, is engaged to Joshua Ian Cooper, son of Sharon Cooper of Meadville, Pa., and Darel Cooper of Cambridge Springs, Pa.

About 40 people were evacuated Monday from a Battelle lab near West Jefferson after hydrogen gas leaked from a container.

BLOOM-CARROLL 69, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP 42: Three players scored in double figures as the Bulldogs notched a lopsided win Tuesday against the Rangers.

Beautiful portraits and ethereal scenes by one of the first Ohio women to become prominent in photography are on view in the Zanesville Museum of Art.

Kathleen M. "Kathy" Denison, 86, died at 8:11 p.m. Jan. 1, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System.

By PATRICIA A. WEST-VOLLAND ZANESVILLE -- She was one of the first women to achieve international fame as a photographer but few would recognize the name Jane Reece today.

Students at Brookside School spent Monday afternoon making holiday cards for an Ohio boy suffering from terminal brain cancer.

WEST JEFFERSON 69, FISHER CATHOLIC 42: Melea Smith had 17 points, including 10 free throws, for Fisher Catholic but the Irish fell to West Jefferson on Saturday.

Claim: Christmas cards are requested for Nathan Elfrink, a 7-year-old boy with terminal cancer.