Powell News

The following programs are offered at the Powell branch of the Delaware County District Library, 460 S. Liberty St.

The hall is available at no charge to area piano and organ teachers. The way to Carnegie Hall is, of course, practice, practice, practice.

Olentangy Liberty High School will host the first Delaware County Transition Fair from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb.

Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories on salaries of elected officials in the Olentangy area.

To add, remove or update a listing in the Coming Up section, e-mail editorial@thisweeknews.com. Watercolor painter Mary Morrison is exhibiting new work in the lobby of the Strand Theatre, 28 E. Winter St.

Dispatcher Aaron Robbins handles a call in the 911 center in the Delaware County Administration Building Thursday, Jan.

A Powell man pleaded guilty today to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $340,000 in payroll taxes through a scheme involving employees at a financial company he owned.

Olde Hickory owner Rex Tessler and his mother, Mary Jo Tessler, have given the former Hickory House a good scrubbing and a new menu.

J.D. Hite, minister of Powell Christian Church, flew into Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22. Hite led six Ohio residents on the trip to Grande Goave, Haiti, to help secure and clean up the Lifeline Christian Mission compound about 40 miles from Port-au-Prince. "We are taking to do reconstruction ... so we can clear home sites, as well as securing the compound ...

The Olde Hickory burger is one of the offerings at the Olde Hickory, which opened Jan.

The Powell United Methodist Church will celebrate the preschool's 20-year success on Sunday, Jan.

A federal grand jury here has indicted Dr. Charles C. Njoku, 60, of Powell, and Veronica Scott-Guiler, 41, of Orient, who supervised his Columbus office, charging them with billing government health care insurance programs for physician services, including office visits and tests, that were not provided as billed.

A local doctor and his office manager were arrested and charged with health-care fraud Wednesday.

Richard "Doc" Powell, a Navy Corpsman killed in Vietnam in 1968 while working to save wounded Marines, will be inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame for Valor.

Powell's annexation of a 26.3- acre development, Market at Liberty Crossing, is on track to take effect in the spring.

Powell residents participating in the village capital improvements committee said Tuesday they likely would vote for a 1.25-percent income tax increase, but not a 2-percent increase.

A Powell obstetrician-gynecologist has had her license suspended as she faces allegations that she drank while on the job and had to sometimes be awakened to see patients.

The state has removed "Prepare to Stop When Flashing" signs on Rt. 23 ahead of several intersections in southern Delaware County, including near Powell Road.

The November column about the Brown Fruit Farm created some interest among readers.

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of 3 men accused of stealing multiple items including two trucks from a Powell-area business.