Amanda News

Gary Lewis is a Vietnam War veteran. Lewis served three tours in Vietnam as a tail gunner and was shot down with his crew seven times.

Gary Leslie Hilliker, 70, formerly of Wellington, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Ron Hiles talks about the Mason Mobile Military Museum he runs with his wife, Arlene, on Tuesday in Amanda.

Ellie Carpenter recently opened The Truffle Shuffle at 504 E. Main St. in Lancaster.

A man accused of driving into a sheriff deputy's vehicle was indicted by a Fairfield County grand jury.

An Amanda man just barely escaped his burning van on Ohio 159 before it crashed Friday morning, the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office reports Daniel Smith, 49, of Amanda, was flown by emergency medical helicopter to Ohio State University Medical Center with burns from a van fire.

Amanda and Ella. He is also survived by 2 sisters and 1 brother, Femmie Freitas, Irene Harwell and Jess Aguilar.

David Gaul talks to first-grade teacher Tammy Icenhour after a board meeting at Amanda-Clearcreek Friday evening.

Because of the early warm-up this spring, pond weeds and algae are well ahead of schedule.