Richmond Power & Light needs to combine four tracts into one parcel prior to executing its plan to contain roughly 400,000 tons of coal ash stored on its property. The first step occurred March 25 when the Richmond Advisory Plan Commission unanimously gave a positive recommendation for rezoning two tracts adjacent to RP&L’s main facility […]
Author Archives: Mike Emery
Mike Emery is a reporter and layout editor for the Western Wayne News.
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Milton FD requests county’s K-9 help
Tempo flopped on the chambers floor inside the Wayne County Administration Building when not sniffing around or checking on proceedings during the March 25 Wayne County commissioners meeting. The 2-year-old Belgian Malinois was purchased for $5,100 by the Milton-Washington Township Fire Department Association for training as a human remains detection dog and was the topic […]
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Richmond dog receives 2nd chance
A Richmond dog deemed vicious by the city’s Board of Public Works and Safety has a second chance. During their March 26 meeting, board members opted against pursuing euthanasia for Andrew Mowell’s dog that bit Mowell’s mother’s face Oct. 10 inside the South A Street home they shared. Citing the severity of the injuries and […]
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County officials OK countywide land bank
A nonprofit land bank funded by public money received Wayne County government’s go-ahead March 18. During their combined workshop, council and commissioners both unanimously approved an interlocal agreement with Richmond to form the land bank, which will be governed by a seven-member board. The land bank will accumulate residential properties countywide and search for developers […]
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Fire department works with youth, inexperience
Richmond Fire Department has hired five new members fewer than three months through 2026. That follows 14 new members hired during 2024. When providing Richmond Common Council members a departmental update during their March 16 meeting, Chief Jeff Kinder said hiring and retention remain important issues facing the department that have robbed it of important […]
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Parks get a boost, on borrowed time
If you had a leaky roof and the income to fix it wasn’t coming for a while, would you borrow some cash to cover the repair, or just live with the leak a while longer? At least in the case of fixing up Richmond’s parks, the city is choosing to borrow. On March 1, diners […]
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Dog that inflicted serious injuries deemed vicious
Anne Mowell bent to kiss her son’s dog, but rather than a kiss, she sustained serious facial injuries when the dog bit her. Because of the Oct. 10 incident inside Mowell’s South A Street home, Richmond’s Board of Public Works and Safety was charged March 19 with deciding whether the dog’s reaction was vicious or, […]
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Abington resident requests county vacate roadways
An Abington land owner’s property survey could become much simpler if Wayne County’s commissioners vacate parts of eight alleys and roads that have never been developed. The Wayne County Advisory Plan Commission voted 6-0 March 19 to recommend commissioners approve a resolution vacating the roadways as requested by Shawn Phenis, who owns surrounding parcels southeast […]
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Parks celebrate 2025 successes, look ahead
As Richmond Parks and Recreation Department makes ambitious plans for the future, it celebrated its 2025 accomplishments March 12 with its board. “Last year, we were very busy, and we had a great year,” Superintendent Denise Retz said. The parks had 884 volunteers donate 5,436 hours and received $381,000 in grants and donations. There were […]
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BZA approves business expansions
A Randolph County family’s business that builds miniature barns plans to expand into Wayne County because of a marriage. Leroy Glick told the Wayne County Board of Zoning Appeals during its March 12 meeting that his son will assume part of the family business after marrying and moving to 6359 Arba Pike, north of Richmond. […]