JA levy turned down by 33 votes
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May 8, 2025

JA levy turned down by 33 votes

By Michael Williamson 

The bond issue for Jonathan Alder Local Schools appears to have been defeated by a thin margin.

Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show vote totals between Union and Madison counties within 33 votes, with the measure defeated 1,543 to 1,576.

According to the Union County Board of Elections, ...

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Dispatchers in the Union County Sheriff’s Office 911 center, shown above, handle several calls on a daily basis. Dispatchers in the center on March 13 during the wind storm handled four-times the call volume of a typical afternoon. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)
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Once calls started coming into the Union County Sheriff’s Office 911 center on March 13, they didn’t quit for nearly three hours. The day started out normally for dispatch supervisors Rachel Kerr and ...
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