Plain City News

The first hike this weekend is at Highbanks, Saturday, February 11 at 10 am. There are two hikes to choose from-- 2.5 miles or 5 miles.

With a noticeable increase in attendance, the Plain City Business Association held its opening meeting for 2012, recently at Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City.

One of the photo finds is an image of R.C. McCloud who was mayor in 1871 when Pleasant Valley became known as Plain City.

Because Fogelsong, 17, of Plain City, a senior at Jonathan Alder High School, is the first Madison County queen to ascend to the top 16 in the annual Ohio Fairs queen contest, which was held earlier this month.

Michael George, left, holds the seven-phase plan for the development of the Oak Grove subdivision on U.S. Route 42 on the west end of Plain City during a council work session held Tuesday, Jan.

She was born on September 8, 1982, the daughter of Dave and Jayne Russell in Bryan, Ohio.

"We have been funded for a traffic light at 42 and West Avenue," he reported. "It will cost $500,000 of which the state will fund $400,000 and our match will be $100,000." "We are really excited," said Mayor Sandra Adkins, in a telephone interview on Friday.

After spending the holiday season surrounded by family and friends, members of the General Assembly recently returned to Columbus hoping to pick up where they left off in 2011.