The Buckeye Police Department asked for the public’s help finding a 46-year-old woman named Hope Tucker who has been missing since May 22, though authorities only learned of her disappearance Saturday. Tucker, who is described as 6-foot-2 inches tall and about 220 pounds, went missing sometime after her purple Dodge Charger broke down west of […]
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Wine and Woodies, a classic boat show on Saturday at Buckeye Lake
Wine and Woodies, an Antique and Classic Boat Show, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at the Buckeye Lake Winery, 13750 Rosewood Road, Thornville. The show is sponsored by the Buckeye Chapter of The Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc. Twisted Classics food truck The Twisted Classics Food Truck […]
Buckeye Lake being plagued by litter. Careless guests threatening nature, animals.
Michael Curtis is a graduate student with Project Dragonfly at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and resides in Millersport. He can be found cleaning up litter at Buckeye Lake in his free time. Buckeye Lake State Park is a beautiful place being plagued by an ugly human-made problem: litter. With the arrival of summer, people […]
Former Buckeye arrested on federal charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A former Ohio State University football player was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service in Columbus Wednesday for a parole violation. Corey Davonta Smith Jr., 31, who was a wide receiver for the Buckeyes from 2013-2016, was arrested at a house on Republic Avenue late Wednesday morning by the […]
Buckeye police investigate unidentified body found in landfill
Buckeye police are investigating a body that was discovered at the Southwest Regional Landfill near the southernmost part of the city. Carissa Planalp, a department spokesperson, said officers responded to the landfill at around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday where they found a man’s corpse. “The No. 1 priority at this time is recovering and identifying […]
Buckeye teacher indicted on sexual misconduct with underaged student charges
A former teacher was indicted after admitting to sexual relations with a student at a west Maricopa County junior high and high school, according to authorities. Alyssa Paige Todd, 23, was indicted on six felony counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one felony count of aggravated luring of a minor, according to the […]
The Buckeye Local School District looking to pass levies for new campus style building
Mar. 16—ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP — On Tuesday, the Buckeye Local Schools will ask voters to pass an 8.9-mill bond levy and a .5-mill permanent improvement levy — over 37 years — to replace the district’s four buildings. Buckeye received a recommendation from the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC) to replace its aged buildings after an evaluation […]
Buckeye Lake voters to decide Tuesday whether to recall Mayor Jeryne Peterson. Here’s why
BUCKEYE LAKE − Recent mayors of Buckeye Lake did not return for a second term in office. Most didn’t even try. Voters chose five different mayors in the last five elections. Jeryne Peterson, the current mayor elected in a five-way race in 2021, may not even finish one term. Buckeye Lake voters head to the […]
In first board meeting as president, Ohio State’s Ted Carter addresses Buckeye ‘passion’
The last Ohio State University Board of Trustees meeting Ted Carter attended was in August on the day he was formally announced as the university’s 17th president. That was six months ago to the day, Carter remarked during his first board meeting as president at Thursday afternoon’s public meeting. “It was a day I will […]
Got a problem with city hall? How to get help in Buckeye, other Phoenix-area cities
They say you can’t fight city hall. But you can. City agencies are where most people have the most routine interaction with government. Cities provide all kinds of services beyond the most visible ones, such as police and fire. Potholes, speeding traffic, blight, water or sewer bills, noisy neighbors, garbage service and even many golf […]
Doug Worthington, former OSU Buckeye, Steeler, brings inspirational to Bucyrus students
Leadership coach Doug Worthington visited the Bucyrus Secondary School to meet with the students as part of the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) program. The idea behind Worthington’s message was it is important to be accountable in giving the best to achieve goals through life’s challenges and obstacles. “We do not always receive what […]
South-Western school board returns Buckeye Woods Elementary principal in student exam case
After a brief executive session, the South-Western City School District Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to approve a settlement agreement that returns Buckeye Woods Elementary School principal Jenniffer Kauffeld to work Tuesday and rescinds termination proceedings. Kauffeld had been placed on unpaid leave since Jan. 8 after allegations arose that a school nurse, who […]