Commissioners: Delaware now recognized as Purple Heart County

Delaware County is now one of just four counties across the nation recognized as a Purple Heart County.

Delaware County is now one of just four counties across the nation recognized as a Purple Heart County.
CHARDON — A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after hearing a sheriff’s deputy describe how the teen wore a T-shirt with the word “Killer” and admitted shooting people.

After spending more than a third of a century in the Buckeye Valley Local School District — first as a student-athlete, then as a teacher and coach and finally as athletic director — Carol Evans is moving on to the next chapter in her life.

The Olentangy School District could be the first public district in Delaware County to offer benefits to those in same-sex domestic partnerships.
Kathryn Elizabeth Potter Rouse, 89, of Ashley passed away peacefully Monday (May 21, 2012).
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat.
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s statewide smoking ban is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday.

Healing will be a lifelong process for Sandie Huffman Kinsey.