History lesson

Robert McLernon, a Civil War re-enactor with the 121st Ohio Volunteer Co. out of Marion, demonstrates how to operate a muzzle loaded rifle for students outside of Dempsey Middle School Friday. (Gazette | Devon Immelt)

Robert McLernon, a Civil War re-enactor with the 121st Ohio Volunteer Co. out of Marion, demonstrates how to operate a muzzle loaded rifle for students outside of Dempsey Middle School Friday. (Gazette | Devon Immelt)

The hundreds of people who ate pancakes, sausage, eggs, orange juice, coffee and milk for 50 cents may have considered their weekend breakfast a steal.
The Delaware man arrested earlier this month for the armed robbery that caused several area schools and a hospital to lock their doors pleaded not guilty Monday.

A 29-year-old man suspected in the robbery of a west side pharmacy was arrested Wednesday after leading police on a four-hour manhunt. Brian C. Armstrong, 28, of Delaware, was charged with robbing the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, 90 Troy Road Wednesday morning.

The Delaware City School Board unanimously accepted the last of three union agreements Monday night, making the one-year pay-freeze consistent throughout the district.

A second union in the Delaware City School District has agreed to make pay concessions over the next year.
The Delaware City School Board today will consider slashing $2.5 million from its budget in preparation for a potential double-digit percent cut in state funding.Superintendent Paul Craft said budget cuts could include cutting teachers, administrators and support staff, putting restrictions on field trips and making more cuts to the building and department operational budgets.