Polk News

Ashland County Commissioner Mike Welch was not hurt when the skid loader he was driving was hit in the rear by a car.

ASHLAND: Debra E. Dilgard, 54, of 1027 Twp. Rd. 1806 died Monday, October 5, 2009 at Hospice House of Ashland.

Scott Clantz's strategy at Wednesday night's Combine/Lawn Mower Derby was to "go fast and try not to get hit." And, at least for a while, it seemed to work.

History comes alive on the campus of Ohio University Southern on Friday, Sept. 25 when Gen.

An injury accident around 7 p.m. Saturday on Ohio 302 and Ohio 89 caused traffic to be backed up for nearly an hour.

ASHLAND -- Boochie views the world on a slightly higher level than most dogs. Forget couches or chairs, the white hair fox terrier prefers to sit atop aquarius, a Gypsy horse belonging to Sarah Gentry.

Some Ashland residents may be voting in a new location in the Nov. 3 general election.

POLK - Three people suffered minor injuries today after a mini van struck a house at U.S. 42 at Ohio 302, according to the Ashland post of the Highway Patrol.

What was once known as the Holiday Inc. Motel, a building now owned by the Salvation Army, is slowly transforming.

Ashland Police Sgt. Darcy Baker shows Tyson Welch, 2, of Polk how to honk the horn in the police SUV during Saturdaya s Ashland Public Library Touch-A-Truck event, the culmination of the summer reading program.

SULLIVAN "An ammonia vapor leak in Sullivan Township Thursday night caused residents in the neighborhood to be evacuated for an hour.

A recent Mapleton Local Schools study found 58 percent of surveyed residents would vote against a 4.0- or 5.0-mill levy and people in 52 percent of households have lost a job or seen a loss of income.

The clouds rolled back and the sun hit the village of Polk on Saturday just in time for the air to smell like fried food and strawberries.

Under a canopy and an army of umbrellas, Ashland area knitters met for Saturday's Knit in Public Day to share their love of the craft with other like-minded individuals.