Jerry City News

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer NORTH BALTIMORE -- North Baltimore School District voters on Tuesday renewed a five-year, 1 percent income tax, according to unofficial returns.

The retirement of two longtime area county officials -- Wood County Commissioner Alvie Perkins and Fulton County Sheriff Darrell Merillat -- has given Republican voters in those counties a choice of new candidates on Tuesday's primary ballot.

One of five Republicans vying for a spot on the November ballot to fill longtime Wood County Commissioner Alvie Perkins' former seat was arrested four times in the 1990s for fights, making threats, and, in one case, breaking a car window outside a bar.

Adam Seibert is the son of Don and Judy Seibert from Jerry City. Adam graduated from Elmwood High School in 2007 and is currently continuing his education at Bowling Green State University.

JERRY CITY, OH Students in the Elmwood district, in Jerry City, Ohio were supposed to have school on a two hour delay schedule Tuesday, but a power outage has closed schools throughout the district.