PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea warned the world Friday there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s government after Kim Jong Il’s death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir’s authority with a new title: Great Leader.
BEIRUT — In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance to show an Arab League observer mission the strength of the opposition movement.
John R. Herriott, 84, of Marion and formerly of Ostrander, passed away Wednesday (Dec. 28, 2011) at his home.
James M. “Jim” Jones, 68, of Delaware, passed away Wednesday morning (Dec. 28, 2011) at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Margaret Wolf, 103, of Delaware passed away Wednesday evening (Dec. 28, 2011) at the Countryview of Sunbury.
Ohio Wesleyan, behind its best offensive performance of the season, snapped its 7-game losing streak with a 31-point, 84–53 victory over Penn State-DuBois in the opening round of the Bishop Classic “Hoops for Hope” Tournament Thursday night at Branch Rickey Arena.
With the closure of the Ostrander branch of the Delaware County Bank & Trust, village residents are not only without a local banking option for the first time in 121 years, but they’ve also lost their social hub as well. The bank closed its doors for good in October as part of a company-wide cost-cutting measure that also claimed four other branch banks as casualties of financial distress.
After months of investigation — initially by the Gazette and then by state authorities — and a year after resigning from office, former Delaware County Commissioner Todd Hanks pleaded guilty last month to three misdemeanor ethics charges stemming from his work as a part-time salesman for an engineering firm. During a Nov. 22 appearance in Delaware County Municipal Court, Hanks admitted to illegally using his former office to benefit companies with which he had a private business relationship.