You know that you have a substantial domestic problem when news agencies an ocean away take note of it. It caught my attention, therefore, when the British Broadcasting Corporation recently completed a report titled, “Major Epidemic: The Untold Story of Child Abuse in the U.S.”
Tony Abbott, the author of more than 75 books for children, signs one of his books for Buckeye Valley Middle School student Alexa Thrush, 12, Wednesday at Fundamentals in Delaware. Abbott’s newest title, Lunch-Box Dream, is based, in part, on a road trip Abbott took as a child through several Central Ohio cities, including Delaware, Ashley and Cardington. Pictured at center is assistant Erin Hildebrand.
While some difference of opinion emerged, a public forum for Delaware city council candidates this week was largely an amiable affair. Squaring off were councilwoman Lisa Keller and challenger Jim Roberts for the city’s Second Ward seat, councilman Joe DiGenova and challenger Robert Hoffman for the city’s Third Ward seat, and councilman Andrew Brush and challenger Larry Garrett for the Fourth Ward. First Ward Councilman Chris Jones is running uncontested.
Once again, Delaware County commissioners are left searching for someone to run their 911 operations following the unexpected resignation of the 911 center’s director.
Olentangy Liberty seniors Sean DeLeon and Alec Flemming have been longtime friends, having spent most of their lives together.
Concerned that it is not getting its fair share of bed taxes from a pair of hotels in the Polaris area, the agency responsible for promoting tourism in Delaware County has set in motion a request it hopes will prompt the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to shed light on the issue.
On May 5, 1993 three eight year-old boys went missing in an Arkansas suburb. Relatives, friends and neighbors searched for them throughout the evening and overnight. In the morning, under the light of day, law enforcement teams expanded the search. By mid-afternoon the bodies of the three boys had been located in a drainage ditch. One of the boys died of extensive blood loss. The other two had drowned. They had committed no crime, done no wrong. They were the innocent victim of the most heinous crime.
More than 130 people gathered at the newly renamed Jim Moore Field (Delaware Municipal Airport) Saturday to remember the legacy of the man for whom the airport is now named. As a tribute to Moore, the city unveiled a boulder emblazoned with the late councilman’s portrait and epitaph. A flagpole was also installed at the memorial site, and Moore’s grandchildren helped raise the first flag since the airport’s renaming.