Ashland County News

Ashland County commissioners on Thursday said they are considering changing health insurance administrators in an attempt to reduce future costs.

Some of the closest races in the county could come down to the last vote, as 234 provisional ballots could decide races or issues where fewer than 10 votes separate the unofficial winners and losers.

Ashland County voters Tuesday said no to a proposed .25 sales tax increase for the general fund.

Unofficial results from the Ashland County Board of Elections show current Ashland City School Board members Rick Ewing and James Wolfe being re-elected as well as newcomer Tom Lavinder.

A landslide of Ashland County voters rejected a 1 4% raise in the county sales tax on Tuesday.

Ashland County Board of Elections director Shannon Leininger is predicting 40 percent of the county's registered voters will vote in today's general election.

The Ashland County Commissioners Thursday put threw their support behind CSX Railroad using federal stimulus dollars to replace two bridges in Sullivan Township but the commissioners say they do not want to own the structures.

After further consideration, Ashland County Commissioners on Thursday decided to pass on a proposal to take ownership of two bridges in Sullivan Township.

Ashland County Coroner Dr. William Emery prefaced his message to the county commissioners Thursday by saying "death waits for no one, it doesn't run on a timetable." Simply put, Dr.

Ashland County officials have scored and prioritized infrastructure projects that will now be sent to an eight county district and eventually to the Ohio Public Works Commission.

The Ashland County-City Health Department held a seasonal flu clinic Tuesday afternoon in Mozelle Hall at the Ashland County Fairgrounds and ran out of the vaccinations shortly before it was to end.

Throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, local organizations and businesses have made a commitment to awareness and recognition.

Unemployment rates are down a little bit across North Central Ohio. All six counties in our coverage area have lower rates for September than they did in August, however, in all but one case they remain in double digits.

The Ashland County Commissioners are expected to make a decision next week whether or not to support a federal stimulus funded project to replace two CSX Railroad bridges in Sullivan Twp.

The Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a women and business luncheon Thursday at the Ashland Senior Citizen's Center in conjunction with the In Honor and Hope for Breast Cancer Awareness Project.

Around 45 minutes into a health department clinic at the fairgrounds Monday, flu shots for the seasonal virus ran out.

Residents waited as long as three hours Tuesday for the Ashland County-City Health Department's seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccinations.

In his 20 years as Jackson Township trustee, Ross Oehling witnessed a significant population shift and the passing of an era of dirt roads.

Five people were injured late Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ohio 511 and U.S. 30, according to the Ashland Post of the Highway Patrol.

The mud in the parking area gave visitors to Denny Campbell's Buckhaven Farm on Ball Alley Road an indication of what kind of elements they would be dealing with in Thursday's 10th annual Physically Challenged Bow Hunt.