Incumbent county commissioner Ken O’Brien is running for another term to “ensure the taxpayer dollars are wisely spent”; and to finish projects currently underway.
A 13-year-old boy from the Sunbury area could be held in a youth detention facility until the age of 21 after changing his plea Wednesday on charges that he killed his mother’s fiance. The boy, whom the Gazette is not naming because of his age, admitted that he shot and killed 38-year-old Jeffrey Reece April 23. In a plea deal with prosecutors, the boy admitted to one count of involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification, a lesser offense than his original charge of murder.
Delaware County Juvenile Court Judge Kenneth J. Spicer on Friday heard updates about the case involving a 13-year-old Sunbury boy accused of killing his mother’s fiance. A procedural hearing, called a status conference, was held Friday morning at Delaware County Juvenile Court as preparations for the trial continue. That date is still tentatively set for Oct. 17.
Delaware County commissioners think the Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial in Sunbury is a unique attraction, and they want people to know about it. That’s why they unanimously voted Thursday to ask the Ohio Department of Transportation to approve installing signs pointing toward the memorial, which honors Ohio soldiers who have died since Sept. 11, 2001, on the northbound and southbound at the Delaware/Sunbury Interstate 71 exits.
Delaware County could be on the hook for another $125,000 to help renovate a juvenile detention facility in Marysville that it shares with three other counties.
A 12-year-old boy from the Sunbury area accused of killing his mother’s fiance is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Monday.
A judge on Monday ordered a competency hearing to determine if a 12-year-old Sunbury-area boy accused of murdering his mother’s fiance can understand the court proceedings against him.