Sheriff’s office investigating death on Dennis Church Road
Knox County sheriff’s deputies and investigators from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation spent several hours at this home on Dennis Church Road, north of Bladensburg, Sunday after the body of 54-year-old Jean Davis was discovered outside the residence around 11 a.m. Davis’ death is the first homicide in Knox County in 2009. (Virgil Shipley)
Licking County man arrested
Law enforcement and emergency personnel from two counties raced to this home on Vance Road near Homer, Friday afternoon, where murder suspect Jerome Marcum was apprehended by Knox County sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly attempted to shoot his brother. Marcum has been charged with murdering his sister and a neighbor near Johnstown earlier in the afternoon. (Virgil Shipley)
Firefighter of the Year award
One-year-old John C. Willis accepts his father’s Firefighter of the Year award for the Central Ohio Joint Fire District at Centerburg at the annual Christmas dinner Saturday night for firefighters and their families. John Willis has been on the department 15 months. (Virgil Shipley)
A list for Santa
Hayden Ellis, 4, right, came prepared to visit Santa Claus on Public Square, Saturday afternoon. He brought his list of gifts he wants for Christmas, and is reading them off one by one. He and his brother, Sebastin, 6, left, are the sons of Andy and Teri Ellis of Mount Vernon. (Virgil Shipley)
