EMOTIONAL TRIAL SET TO BEGIN IN
MUSKINGUM COUNTY
Kasey and Richard
Klein, the parents of the two little Muskingum County boys who
drowned in June 2011, will stand trial today on charges of child
endangering. The couple
has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Ayden Cecil, 3, and old Anthony Tullius, 2, disappeared
June 4 while the family was camping near the Ellis Dam Spillway.
Ayden’s body was found in the Muskingum River. Anthony’s body was never found.
CRAIG
INDICTED AGAIN
Matthew
Craig, the Newark man previously found unfit to stand trial on arson
charges, has once again been indicted.
The 30-year-old Craig is facing a host of charges including
aggravated arson in connection with a string of Newark fires that
took place in September 2009. Craig
has been undergoing psychiatric treatment and evaluation at the Twin
Valley Behavioral Healthcare Center in Columbus over the past couple
of years.
A SEMESTER
BASED CALENDAR
The State of Ohio has put forth an
initiative as part of the University System of Ohio requiring that
all public institutions change from quarters to semesters.
COTC
Vice Pres. of Academic Affairs Dr. Richard Prystowsky
Central Ohio Technical College Vice
President of Academic Affairs Doctor Richard Prystowsky said the
actual conversion date for COTC from quarters to semesters will be
August 22, 2012. Classes
will start about one month earlier than under the quarter calendar.
The Ohio State University and its regional campuses will
start the new academic calendar this summer.
STREET CLOSURE
Newark officials have revised a street
closure. The only portion of South First Street to be closed
for a gas line repair will be the northbound lane at the entrance to
East Canal Street located between South First and Yearly Street.
Weather permitting, crews will wrap up the work on Wednesday.
CHAMBER BOARD ENDORSES PARK
DISTRICT LEVY
The Directors of the Board of the
Licking County Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the 5-year, .25 mill
levy for the Licking Park District. In a press release Chamber
President Cheri Hottinger stated "without passage of this levy, our
communities will suffer a great loss when our Parks, Paths and
Trails deteriorate to a point that they become unsafe for use."
If approved the levy would raise $900,000 annually and cost the
owner of a $100,000 home $7.65 per year in new taxes.