Mechanicsburg News

A man is still recovering at Miami Valley Hospital after deputies say his brother-in-law stabbed him Monday night, July 6, at a home in Champaign County.

MECHANICSBURG - A Ohio basic concealed-carry firearms class will be held Saturday, July 18 at 18 N. Main Street, Mechanicsburg.

Lori Phelps has a new coaching job and it's not very far from home. Phelps, who spent the past four years as the head girls basketball boss at her alma mater of Fairbanks, has been hired as the ladies coach at neighboring Mechanicsburg High School.

One punch outside an Arena District bar at closing time was all it took to end a man's life and create a felony record for a college student.

Asha, left, and Aleah, 8, Benjelloun of Mechanicsburg, paint ceramics at Joy's Ceramics along Main Street during a past Jubilee Day in Mechanicsburg.

COSHOCTON: Inez Woodward, 86, of Coshocton passed away at her home on Monday, June 15, 2009.

Carmela Wiant doesn't want anyone to learn about a loved one's death the way she did -- hours later and by phone.

The program began in September, and supporters are encouraging more people to sign up.

GREEN: The new superintendent of Green schools is Michael E. Nutter, superintendent at Mechanicsburg Exempted Village Schools west of Columbus in Champaign County.

North Lewisburg Council approved a contract for the Triad Jr. Baseball/Softball organization that will require the not-for-profit athletic group to carry liability coverage.

We would like to get some new trustees in Pleasant Twp. Please tell me why I voted for the new school board members? Supposedly intelligent people are making such a mess of the whole system.

COLUMBUS -- Producer leaders of the American Dairy Association Mideast, the dairy promotion checkoff program serving Ohio and West Virginia, recently elected their 2009 officers.

Mechanicsburg High School students Shartu Usman and Ekram Ali, sisters from Somalia, have been tutored by Messiah Village resident and former teacher Ruth Kumler for a few years.