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Chas Mitchell joins Greater Alliance Foundation board
ALLIANCE – An Alliance native has joined the Greater Alliance Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Chas Mitchell, who works in his family’s business, Grove Appliance TV & Mattress, has joined the community agency. Mitchell earned a finance degree from Grove City College and an MBA from Malone University....
Cool combo. Alive Fest features KING + COUNTRY and Stryper: 'We'll just see what happens'
MINERAL CITY − Ashley Petcavage expects her first time at the Alive Music Festival to be special. She'll join thousands of others who are going to Atwood Lake Park for the three-day event, which begins at 9 a.m. Thursday and draws people both for its music and focus on faith. ...
Annual Tuscarawas County Canoe & Kayak Race sets off from Dover under balmy conditions
DOVER – Temperatures soared into the mid-90s for the annual Tuscarawas River Canoe and Kayak Race, Saturday morning, with racers coming into town from around the state and as far as West Virginia. Nate Jones, a 24-year-old kayaker from Youngstown, arrived with his grandfather's hand-made wooden kayak to paddle. And Kevin Morgan, from Montville, in Geauga County, was competing this year in a 2-man canoe with his grandson, Milo. ...
Escalating tensions between Akron Public Schools, teachers’ union, visible in dueling complaints
Increased tensions between leaders of Akron Public Schools and the teachers union have resulted in each group claiming the other has obstructed their ability to reasonably settle disputes. The schools administration filed an unfair labor practice charge claiming as much in April. The Akron Education Association followed with its own...
Dover School Considers 8th-12th Buildings
As Dover property owners continue paying the bond issue that built the new high school, discussions are beginning about the future of the other buildings in the city school system. The district has been working with the Ohio facilities construction commission to assess the cost of renovating or replacing its...
Cleveland Clinic Ranked No. 1 Heart Hospital in U.S. for 30th Consecutive Year
U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospital Rankings also names Cleveland Clinic to Honor Roll and No. 1 hospital in Ohio. Content is property of Cleveland Clinic and for news media use only. As one of the largest integrated heart centers in the world, Cleveland Clinic has long...
New Phila Police Now Wearing Body Cameras
It’s been a year of technological advances for the New Philadelphia police department with every officer now equipped with a body worn camera. The department received a grant to buy 30 of them that Chief Tessa Pohovey says have been in use for a couple of weeks now. “It’s...
Applications Open for Next Miss Clayland
Interested candidates can fill out an application to be part of the Miss Clayland competition coming up in September. Miss Clayland is a local organization and part of the Miss Ohio Scholarship program and is the longest running preliminary in the state and in the United States. Director Martha Campbell...
Resident: Massillon City Council should discipline Mike Snee for unannounced visit to home
MASSILLON – A resident is again calling for a city councilman to be disciplined for actions he deems as intimidating to himself and his wife. David McCune reaffirmed his request Monday night for City Council to censure Councilman Mike Snee, R-Ward 6, for showing up unannounced at his residence June 29 to question a series of Facebook messages about public safety at Massillon and McKinley football games. ...
Structural concerns at Poland Library being examined by architect firms, building remains safe
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is looking into structural concerns at the Poland Library. According to the release, a full external and structural evaluation of the building was warranted and preliminary analysis confirmed some movement at the south end of the building's first floor. The Library says...
Beatty Park progresses on amphitheater, bridge amid challenges
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Crews and volunteers are working on multiple projects in Steubenville's Beatty Park. "It's been really hot, so it's slowed down our progress as far as projects, but we're still in here once or twice a week, working to keep the trails clear,” Flora Verstraten-Merrin, founder Friends of Beatty Park.
Family of Willoughby woman who died by suicide sues mental health clinic and doctors, accusing them of neglect
CLEVELAND, Ohio— A Willoughby woman who took her own life had been released from a mental health clinic without medication in the days leading up to her death, according to a lawsuit filed by the woman’s estate. Laurel Nash, who suffered from schizoaffective and general anxiety disorders, was...
Cadiz welcomes seven new businesses in 2024, including a green energy firm
CADIZ, Ohio — Cadiz Mayor Kevin Jones announced Monday multiple new businesses that are making their way to the village, one of which will specialize in green energy production. The announcement comes at a time when the village has brought in multiple new businesses since the start of the...
CANFIELD TURNS AROUND AND WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
BOARDMAN OH- Canfield bounced back and took down Wheelersburg 5-1 on Monday in the winner-take-all championship game of the 10U state tournament. An early error got Canfield on the board in the first inning. Reese Grimes singled for Wheelersburg, tying the game at one in the bottom of the first.
Cadiz K-9 unit sniffs out drugs, leads to major arrest and plans for expansion
CADIZ, Ohio — The Cadiz Police Department made a drug arrest around 9:45 a.m. Monday using a K-9 unit to detect the drugs in the vehicle that led to the arrest of one man. "I responded with my K-9 – K-9 Lupo - where I ran him on the exterior of the vehicle on a free air sniff,” Lt. Ron Carter said. “K-9 Lupo immediately noticed an odor and he sat on the vehicle and inside the vehicle we noticed a large amount of methamphetamine syringes, what we believe might be possibly heroin as well as some glass smoking devices."
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