Plain City

As 2020 comes to a close, Jerome Township officials are looking to the future. The trustees held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the 2021 budget. “I’m really smiling under this mask,” Trustee Cha...

Plain City Council waived a third reading and approved the final development plan for the Oak Grove residential development Monday night. It will create 235 single-family homes along U.S. 42, on the s...

Plain City Design Review Board is the latest group of village officials to see a mix-up. Two new members were appointed to the board during Monday’s council meeting following an earlier pair of resign...

Plain City Council approved preliminary plans Monday to bring a residential development to the McKitrick Farms property. The applicant, M/I Homes, requested council rezone 335.83 acres located along R...

Following new guidance from the local health department, Jonathan Alder Local Schools will be transitioning to 100% remote learning following Thanksgiving. An advisory released by Madison County Publi...

Many homes in Plain City have a very festive feel this week. Some homes in the village are displaying autumnal pumpkins and corn stalks while others still have Halloween decorations. By contrast, some...

Jerome Township officials are already looking to implement possible safety measures in 2021. During Tuesday’s trustees meeting, the board discussed potential changes to the township hall rental polici...

Following a change to guidelines from the state, Plain City Council is pursuing a new way to spend their federal coronavirus relief dollars. During Wednesday’s work session, council discussed the poss...

Plain City Council is considering adjusting the pay scale for the village’s police department. Lt. Tom Jaskiewicz spoke to the board during Wednesday’s work session about a recent request from the dep...

Plain City residents gathered at the Pastime Park stage Wednesday morning to honor the local men and women who have served in the military. Lt. Charles Stenner, second from left, shared remarks at the...

Plain City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance to approve the plan, pictured above, for the proposed Oak Grove development. The planning and zoning commission recommended denial of the ini...

Members of Jonathan Alder’s volleyball team pile on in celebration after winning the Division II regional championship last Saturday at Pickerington North High School. The Lady Pioneers will travel to...

Plain City’s newest council members, Michael Terry, left and Lauren Giaimo took the Oath of Office during Monday’s village council meeting. The pair was in-person at the Village Municipal Building, al...

Jerome Township officials are offering residents a few more opportunities to learn about the fire levy before heading to the polls. Jerome Township Fire Chief Douglas Stewart is hosting several fire l...

Jerome Township Trustees discussed road improvements along the U.S. 33 corridor with state and county agencies during Tuesday’s meeting. Most of the conversation revolved around projects at the U.S. 3...

The Village of Plain City will be hosting an alternative Halloween event, along with trick-or-treat, in light of COVID-19. Village council earlier decided to set Plain City’s trick-or-treat time for 3...

Jerome Township officials are hoping once again to pass a proposed fire levy. Voters will see a renewal of the 2011 2.9 mill levy with an additional 2.9 mill fire/EMS operations levy on the November b...

Plain City Council will look quite different at its next meeting. During Wednesday’s work session, council members prepared to appoint two new members to recently vacated seats. The seats quickly beca...

In less than a month’s time, two seats on Plain City Council have become vacant. Shortly after the village’s previous mayor’s, Darrin Lane’s, resignation on Sept. 30, former Council member Darren Lee ...

Jackson Izzard of Jonathan Alder snares a pass for a two-point conversion during a recent game against London. The Pioneers will host Zanesville in the Division III playoffs on Friday. (Journal-Tribun...

On-street parking in the village will be affected in certain areas, highlighted on the map, due to street repaving. The repaving project is slated to conclude Nov. 20, depending on the weather. Until ...

Jerome Township Trustees agreed Tuesday with a recommendation to continue active tax abatements in the region. During Tuesday’s meeting, the Board heard from Jason Stanford with Union County Economic ...

The Jonathan Alder High School football team will host London Friday evening for the fall Homecoming game. Members of the JA Homecoming court are from left, front row, Kennady Izzard, Georgie Wheeler,...

New Plain City Mayor Jody Carney, pictured at left, was sworn into office Wednesday. Village staff and council members gathered for a small ceremony in the new Plain City Municipal Building to see Car...

Jerome Township Trustees approved a TIF, or tax increment financing, district this morning that will affect properties within the districts of Jonathan Alder Local Schools, Dublin City Schools and the...

Plain City Council voted Monday to vacate a public alley near the intersection of W. Main Street and N. Chillicothe Street. Private ownership of the unnamed alley, outlined in bold, will be split betw...

Plain City’s newest mayor took office today. Council President Jody Carney was sworn into office by Madison County Common Pleas Court Judge Eamon P. Costello. Earlier this month, former Mayor Darrin L...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol recently released details of a motorcycle crash that left a Plain City man dead. About 6:13 p.m. Sept. 20, 60-year-old Daniel Weizenecker was driving his 2017 Harley Davi...

Jerome Township Trustees recently approved an application modification for the last outparcel of the Dublin Green shopping center, outlined in bold. The building was initially designed for four tenant...

Plain City Officials are working on a “pilot program” to offer winter camping at Pastime Park. Village Administrator Nathan Cahall said only the gravel campsites, numbered 41-56 and at the top left po...