Obituaries

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? During a special meeting on Monday night, the Winfield City Council approved the posting of the public works director position and adding two more employees to the city payroll.The public works director position became vacant due to the death of the former director, Rick Rodgers. Council members also approved hiring a second assistant to the department, expanding the ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsResidents of Mt. Union are not going to be happy next month when they open their sewer bills from the Regional Utility Services System (RUSS).That may be putting it mildly as the RUSS Board of Directors voted Wednesday in their monthly meeting to nearly double monthly sewer bills in the community to $150. Currently, Mt. Union customers are charged $75.85 per month. The vote to ...

Actresses Pamela Forrest, left, and Helen Slayton-Hughes, right, chat with the film?s director, Anita George (not pictured) before rehearsing a scene.

Mt. Pleasant Police Department officers responded to a two-vehicle accident on Monday, Dec. 7, at the intersection of Winfield and Grand Avenues.The police?s investigation determined that a semi pulling a trailer, driven by Aleksey Isayev, of Wheeling, Ill., was southbound on Grand Avenue and ran the flashing red light at the intersection. Isayev?s semi struck a Buick Enclave, driven by Kelley Tabatha, of Mt. ...

Mt. Pleasant Police Department officers recently investigated a pair of vehicle-pedestrian accidents.The department responded to a van-pedestrian accident on Sunday, Nov. 8, in the parking lot of the Pilot Truck Stop.According to the police report, a 1997 Dodge van, operated by Randy Stevenson, of Birmingham, was backing toward a dumpster when the van struck Michael Waterman, of Danville, who had been walking ...

?Tis the season ? the season for vehicle vs. deer accidents.Henry County Sheriff?s Office responded to a car-deer accident on Monday, Nov. 9, south of the intersection of Kentucky Ave. and Highway 27.A 2011 Dodge, owned and operated by Amy Maine, of Mt. Union, was southbound on Highway 27 when she struck a deer that entered the roadway.Damage to the Maine vehicle was estimated at $2,500.

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? There won?t be a Telepharmacy in Winfield; at least not until state law can be implemented.That?s what Mayor Chris Finnell told the Winfield City Council Monday night during the council?s regular monthly meeting. The city had hoped to have the new brand of pharmacy up and running by January 2016, but have hit a roadblock.Finnell and other city representatives, along ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal baseball team was again the victim of its own mistakes on its way to falling to Eddyville-Blakesburg 12-8 on Friday.The Comets, who at one point led 8-6, committed two of their four errors in the pivotal sixth inning and the Rockets scored six straight runs.Austin Deshler led from the plate, going 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Tanner Chance finished 3 for 4 with an RBI and run ...

BY KARYN SPORYMt. Pleasant NewsMt. Pleasant has a bit of an international star in its midst, at least when it comes to educational finance.Ed Chabal, director of finance for the Mt. Pleasant Community School District, was recently elected to the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International Board of Directors.?It?s a great feeling,? Chabal said of being elected to the board. ?It?s pretty ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsHenry County supervisors will determine the winner of a four-year city council term in Mt. Union, according to Henry County Auditor Shelly Barber.The auditor received two absentee ballots Wednesday, Nov. 4. Both ballots met the deadline criteria and both votes were for candidate Randal Wiklerson. Consequently, Wilkerson and write-in candidate Kim Fenton each wound up with 20 ...