Latest Updates
- Keeping storm drains, road ditches clear - 6:00 am
- City OKs subdivision plans - 6:00 am
- Mortons inducted into HOF - 6:00 am
- City, Seattle House ordered to attend mediation conference - 6:00 am
- Delaware Area Career Center Completion Ceremony 2022 [Gallery] - 4:21 pm
- BW Board of Education approves five-year forecast - 3:30 pm
- Board hears from woman who sued district - 6:01 am
- Leadership Delaware County graduates latest class - 6:01 am
- Garrison named CEO of Maryhaven - 6:00 am
- ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign underway - 6:00 am updated: 4:19 pm.
- Spring Street hotel back in play - 6:00 am
- BW seeking feedback in search for superintendent - 6:01 am
- City’s flag, banner policy put on hold - 6:00 am
- DACC students showcase work - 6:00 am
- Moore to serve as interim police chief - 6:01 am
- County’s COVID numbers among lowest in area - 6:01 am
- New exhibits to focus on birds, climate - 6:00 am
- Class of 2022 graduates from Hayes HS - 6:00 am
- Rutherford B. Hayes High School’s 2022 Graduation Ceremony [Gallery] - 3:56 pm
- DCS seniors return to Woodward - 6:00 am
- Councilman pleads guilty to OVI charge - 6:00 am updated: 2:48 pm.
NEWS

BW Board of Education approves five-year forecast
SUNBURY — The Big Walnut Board of Education unanimously approved May’s five-year forecast at its meeting last week.Treasurer Jeremy Buskir...

Board hears from woman who sued district
SUNBURY — A woman involved in a lawsuit with Big Walnut Local Schools returned to finish her comments to the Board of Education at its meeting l...

Leadership Delaware County graduates latest class
On May 17, the Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce graduated 43 participants from the Leadership Delaware County Class of 2022. The graduation luncheon ...

Garrison named CEO of Maryhaven
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Board of Directors of Maryhaven, Inc., central Ohio’s oldest and most comprehensive addiction treatment and behaviora...

‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign underway
The SAFE Delaware County Coalition joined with law enforcement last week for the kick off of a “Click It or Ticket” campaign designed to i...
May 26th, 2022 updated: May 26th, 2022. |

Spring Street hotel back in play
Plans to construct a hotel on Spring Street in Delaware have once again been revived, and the city is working with Indus Hotels to ensure the project ...
SPORTS

Monarchs outlast Braves in district final
After trailing for most of the first five-plus innings, the third-seeded Marysville softball team took its first lead in the sixth and retired 16th-se...

BV upends Utica in sectional final
The second-seeded Buckeye Valley baseball team was all business in Thursday’s Division II sectional final against 13th-seeded Utica, posting cro...

Top-seeded Braves cruise in sectional final
The top-seeded Olentangy baseball team handled its business in its postseason opener, cruising to a 10-1 Division I sectional final win over 29th-seed...

Big inning sends Pioneers past Pacers
The Delaware Hayes softball team landed the first punch, breaking a scoreless tie with a three-run fourth, but Olentangy Orange used an eight-run fift...

Pacers rally past Pioneers in tourney opener
What a difference a half makes.Trailing 7-3 at the break, the 10th-seeded Delaware Hayes girls lacrosse team outscored host and ninth-seeded Olentangy...

Jestadt, Pioneers walk-off against Panthers
The 15th-seeded Olentangy Orange softball team won its tournament opener in style, getting a walk-off hit from Riley Jestadt to slip past 22nd-seeded ...
LIFE

Yoder family prepares for baby
We’re working on organizing closets, cleaning out neglected corners, and getting things in order before the baby comes. I’m enjoying every...

The Amish Cook: Gloria answers questions from readers
I received several letters from readers with questions that got my mind spinning. Let’s each grab a cup of tea (okay, you can have your coffee i...

Yoders host hog butchering day
Hi there, we are having a blessed, busy week. Daniel’s parents from the Amish community in Danville, Ohio, came for a visit last week and have n...

Decade of love with the Yoders
Thinking about what I am going to fill you in on this week brought to mind the dearest person to me on earth. Meet my husband Daniel Yoder! I got to k...

Local teen receives Eagle Scout Award
An Ostrander teen was honored in an Eagle Court of Honor on Sept. 28.Brendan Sayer, a Fairbanks High School student, is a member of Troop 284 out of B...

School bus safety takes center stage
COLUMBUS – The week of Oct. 21-25 has been designated National School Bus Safety Week. This year’s theme, “My School Bus, The Safest...
OPINION

Month of May is all about military appreciation
The month of May was designated as Military Appreciation Month by Congress in 1999. This event takes place every year. The president of the United Sta...

Feasting on home-grown asparagus
This morning I was delighted to see some fat asparagus stalks ready for harvest in our asparagus patch!Many years ago we built a raised bed specifical...

Protecting Ohioans’ paychecks from wage theft
It’s simple: If you put in the work, you should get paid for it. Yet hundreds of thousands of Ohio workers are cheated out of the paychecks they...

Astronomy’s impact on Chinese culture
Some of the most ancient star stories come not from the Greeks and Romans but ancient China.Ancient China was, for the most part, a feudal society. Lo...

Medieval Faire takes visitors back in time
Prepare ye’ for a day unlike any other when you join us at the annual Delaware County District Library Medieval Faire on Saturday, June 4. The a...

Tale of two prayers
“For those who have been attacking the pledge we would offer this: our system protects their right to remain silent, but it doesn’t give t...