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1 week ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
When U.S. Marine veteran John Foster of Crooksville came home after serving his country, his military records didn’t reflect the full extent of his service — they left out the time he spent in Vietnam. This meant that he was denied medals and awards that he had rightly earned. That injustice was rectified recently, after the Perry County Veterans Services Commission went to bat for Foster and got his records corrected.
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2 weeks ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
NEW LEXINGTON — A development company that is suing Shawnee village officials, for allegedly reneging on an agreement by the village to extend water and sewer service to a “tiny home” community the company is trying to develop, has asked a judge to immediately issue a court order requiring the village to provide water and sewer taps to the site.
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1 month ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
CROOKSVILLE — A student from Crooksville High School has been chosen to perform in a play with other students from all across the state the weekend of March 21-23, at the annual state thespian conference of the Ohio Educational Theater Association.
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1 month ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
THORNVILLE — The Northern Local School District’s financial net position — a basic indicator of budgetary health — increased by more than $1.47 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2024. That’s according to a report from an independent auditing firm, which reviewed the district’s books on behalf of the Ohio Auditor of State. kAm%96 C6A@CE[ C6=62D65 @? |2C49 c[ ?@E6D E92E @? E96 C6G6?F6 D:56[ E96 5:DEC:4E D2H 2 5C@A :?
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1 month ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
LOGAN — Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy envisioned the dawning of “a new golden era” for Ohio and the United States March 3, when he gave the keynote speech to the Hocking County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner. The biotech entrepreneur’s appearance, just a week after announcing his candidacy on Feb. 24, was according to his campaign the first of 30 such events he has scheduled with local Republican parties. kAmq@2DE:?8 2?
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1 month ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
SHAWNEE — Being called one of a community’s “best-kept secrets” would generally be taken as a compliment. But for the Somerset Artists’ Co-Op, letting the secret out about its programs has been a beneficial move, allowing it to grow and expand its reach. Co-op board Vice President Chris Shirer, who spoke to the Perry County Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Feb. 18, recalled how she first discovered the organization by lucky accident. kAm“x H2D A2DD:?8 E9C@F89 W$@>6CD6EX 2?5 =@@<:?8 7@C 7F?
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1 month ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
SOMERSET — Somerset American Legion Post 58 recently donated $2,000 to the village’s police department, to help cover the cost of training related to two K9 officers. Annette Moore, an officer of Post 58 and director of Perry County Veterans Services Commission, said that “the officers are working on getting some canines and themselves trained and certified so that we have canines in Somerset.
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2 months ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
NEW LEXINGTON — Over two years ago, The Perry County Tribune reported that the state of Ohio had approved funding for a pilot program to provide veterans and first responders, free of charge, with access to a drug-free treatment for post-traumatic stress and related disorders. Then in June 2023, the paper reported on how veterans were speaking out publicly to praise and endorse the treatment, known as electroencephalogram transcranial magnetic stimulation , or eTMS.
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2 months ago | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
Crooksville native Paul Tatman still remembers the advice his father gave him before he graduated from high school back in 1951. “He said, ‘You know, you need to leave Crooksville. There’s only blue collar jobs here,’” Tatman recalled.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips
Should Perry County have been placed under a level three snow emergency on Sunday or Monday? Some county residents clearly think so. As a huge winter storm began moving into central Ohio on Sunday night, dumping heavy snowfall and making it treacherous to drive, sheriffs in a number of counties in the area announced snow advisories. As of around 5 p.m. Monday, NBC4 in Columbus was reporting nine counties under a level one; eight under a level two, and 10 under a level three.
