IRONTON â After a downsized version of its famed Memorial Day Parade took place last year, Ironton showed up for a more normal version of the annual event on Monday.
The Ironton-Lawrence Memorial Day Parade was held on Monday, with a bigger celebration than in 2020, when a much smaller version of the parade was held amid the coronavirus pandemic. No spectators were allowed at the event last year â it was, instead, live-streamed. While the pandemic is still happening, relaxed gathering restrictions and the availability of vaccines allowed a crowd to gather for the 2021 event.
Chris Donohue, who has lived in Ironton all his life, said he began volunteering with the parade as a child. His dad paid his membership dues for the parade committee and then Donohue went on to continue working with the parade in high school and as an adult. On Monday, he helped floats and groups get lined up for the procession.
Dawson-Bryant High Schoolâs bowling coach has been indicted after being accused of attempting to lure a 14-year-old girl via the internet, according to court records.
Brent Wirzfeld, 41, of Ironton, is listed on the Ohio High School Athletic Association website as Coal Groveâs bowling coach for the 2020-21 school year, while minutes from an August 2020 school board meeting show he was approved to work as a substitute teacher for this school year.
As reported previously in The Daily Independent, Wirzfeld was picked up May 7 in an Ashland Police-led internet sting in which he attempted to meet a 14-year-old girl at Central Park to have intercourse with her.
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