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Canton Repository
April 26, 2018
Stark County commissioners. Wednesday meeting. KEY ACTION: Renewed for three years a licensing agreement from May 1 to April 30, 2021, that allows county employees to use Microsoft software such as Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Widows, Office, Project, Visio and several other softwareÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 22, 2018
CANTON Drug overdose deaths in Stark County dropped 27 percent last year, even as drugs took an ever-greater toll on other Ohio communities. Put another way, 32 fewer locals died from unintentional overdoses in 2017, the first decrease in four years, according to a count by the Stark County Coroner'sÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 21, 2018
For more than a year, a bill to curb abuses in the payday lending industry has sat idle in the Ohio House despite the ongoing efforts of local lawmaker Kirk Schuring to revise the ... We hope it encourages more grocers to consider locating in other food deserts in Stark County, specifically in parts of Canton.
Suburbanite
April 19, 2018
eCycle Solutions of Ohio will accept electronic items for recycling. Gardening equipment/tools, gently used pots, pans, canning jars and dinnerware will be collected for redistribution to the StarkFresh community garden and partner sites. U-Shredd-It will accept up to three boxes of paper per household forÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 19, 2018
The Stark County commissioners Wednesday approved a new contract with Sanitary Engineer's employees. Stark County commissioners. Wednesday meeting. KEY ACTION: Approved three-year collective bargaining contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees OhioÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
April 18, 2018
STARK COUNTY. Missing man found dead. NIMISHILLEN TWP.: Stark County sheriff's deputies were investigating after a man's body was discovered ... ROOTSTOWN: Northeast Ohio Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), located on the campus of Northeast Ohio Medical University, has introduced theÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 5, 2018
The Building Industry Association of Stark County has merged with the East Central Ohio BIA chapter. The combined operation will be based in Jackson Township and serve a six county area. JACKSON TWP. The Building Industry Association of Stark County will be serving a broader area after mergingÃÂ ...
fox8.com
April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Health officials dealing with a spate of youth suicides in a northeastern Ohio county are getting help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials say five students and one former student from the Perry Local School District in Stark County killed themselves within aÃÂ ...
WKYC.com
April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Health officials dealing with a spate of youth suicides in Stark County are getting help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials say five students and one former student from the Perry Local School District in Stark County killed themselves within a recent six-monthÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 2, 2018
Stark County jobless rates continued their downward slide in February. Stark County's unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in February, down from 5.6 percent the previous month and 6.3 percent a year ago, according to preliminary data released last week by the Ohio Department of Job and FamilyÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
April 1, 2018
Federal public health officials will arrive in Stark County Monday to investigate why a dozen Stark County teenagers have died by suicide since August. Stark County Health Commissioner Kirk Norris and Melanie Amato, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Health, confirmed that a team from theÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
March 24, 2018
In the wake of the Florida school shooting and the Jackson Memorial Middle School incident, Stark County has had roughly 40 school threats serious enough to warrant criminal .... Most serious is a commitment to the Ohio Department of Youth Services (youth prison) or transferring the case to adult court.
Canton Repository
December 31, 1999
Chain updating its Hartville, Jackson Twp. stores. Since last year the company has been enlarging and modernizing its stores throughout Northeast Ohio. JACKSON TWP. Remodeling work at the Aldi grocery in the Belden Village area is finished, while improvements are underway at the chain's HartvilleÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
December 31, 1999
ALLIANCE: A truck crash in Ohio has left hundreds of chickens dead. The Review in Alliance reports a tractor trailer carrying crates of chickens veered off the road, struck a utility pole and overturned Monday in Stark County's Washington Township. The road where the crash occurred was closed for severalÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 27, 2018
The latest two-year state budget gave businesses the option to file through the Ohio Business Gateway instead of individual municipalities, starting with the ... McKinney-Frantz, who said she spoke on behalf of several arts district businesses, avoided downtown Canton while growing up in Stark CountyÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
February 27, 2018
NIMISHILLEN TWP.: An Alliance man was killed and another man was injured in a one-vehicle crash in the 8400 block of Columbus Road NE early Tuesday morning. Scott Lee IV, 26, was driving a 2008 GMC pickup eastbound at 2:02 a.m. when the vehicle traveled off the north side of the road, struck aÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 26, 2018
Local authorities have asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification to examine evidence from a Friday night shooting that left two teenagers dead. JACKSON TWP. The Stark County Coroner's office is asking the state to help with the investigation of a double shooting that left two teenagers dead FridayÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 26, 2018
The trend began in the 1990s, according to judges with Stark County Family Court, which includes the juvenile division. But family court has embraced a state program that has found detention isn't always most effective method. Stark County is now participating in the Ohio Juvenile Detention AlternativesÃÂ ...
fox8.com
February 24, 2018
CANAL FULTON, OH – Four moms stand in prayer just inside a Canal Fulton school Saturday afternoon. They're doing the only thing they believe will help their community, which has been plagued by teen suicide in recent months. “After hearing the news what happened here last night we felt like weÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 19, 2018
Scholars who talk about the history of Stark County always have stood on a slippery slope. Indeed, most historians start by teaching their lessons on a glacier in the Ice Age. “Stark County is on the great divide or water-shed between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, and the distinct terminal moraine markingÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 16, 2018
CANTON The day before the second anniversary of a police raid on his office, Stark County physician Dr. Frank D. Lazzerini was arrested Friday on nearly ... Jackson Township Police, the Stark County Metropolitan Narcotics Unit, the Ohio Attorney General's Office, the Ohio Medical Board, the FBI and theÃÂ ...
fox8.com
February 16, 2018
“We remain dedicated to removing these dangerous criminals from our streets and to keeping the communities we serve safe.” The indictment was the result of an extensive investigation with help from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, Jackson Township police and the OhioÃÂ ...
Massillon Independent
February 13, 2018
Cordray is a candidate for Ohio governor in the Democratic primary and most recently served as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. ... For other information, contact James Knight, certified crime prevention specialist with the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, at 330-451-7888.
Canton Repository
February 13, 2018
Christopher J. Terry, 29, whose address is listed in Stark County court records as the 1600 block of Shriver Avenue NE, is wanted on a rape warrant. Capt. ... On Monday, U.S. Marshal Peter J. Elliott released his agency's list of the most-wanted fugitives in northern Ohio. “With internet access, anyone canÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
February 13, 2018
In other words, a world-class brewer is putting down roots in Stark County. The Canton location, at 3885 Everhard Road, was appealing to Fat Head's for several reasons. It's in the restaurant-rich and heavily trafficked Belden Village area, has easy access to Interstate 77 and features ample parking.
Akron Beacon Journal
February 13, 2018
“At first, we were thinking a more regional Stark County direction because our brewers are spread around the county but they all wanted to tie in with the Hall of Fame,” said Tonja Marshall, vice president of marketing and communication at Visit Canton, also known as the Stark County Convention & VisitorsÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 10, 2018
Pro Football Hall of Fame Andre Tippett and members of the Stark County Fatherhood Coalition met with Lehmen Middle School students Friday to recognize “No One Eats Alone” day and to encourage students to include others by sitting with students at lunch whom they don't know. CANTON Pro FootballÃÂ ...
Aboutstark.com
February 9, 2018
For Gloria Pope, working to serve the community didn't end when she retired from her full-time job. Pope, who retired in 2014 after 32 years at the Industrial Commission of Ohio, continues to serve on the governing boards and advisory committees of multiple nonprofit organizations in Stark County. AmongÃÂ ...
fox8.com
February 3, 2018
Two Stark County high schools dealing with tragic loss of classmates stand together. Posted 6:58 pm, February 2, 2018, by Kevin Freeman, ... UNIONTOWN, Ohio - Two Stark County high school basketball teams competed on the court Friday night, but off the court both schools stood in solidarity. The Lake Blue Streaks inÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
February 2, 2018
Massillon detectives, a Stark County Coroner's Office investigator and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation crime unit were using excavating equipment at a property on Eighth Street SW Thursday. MASSILLON Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation joined local officials Thursday to search in theÃÂ ...
The Columbus Dispatch
February 2, 2018
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Akron Beacon Journal
January 31, 2018
The Stark County Sheriff's office announced Wednesday that it will increase patrols and enforcement of laws concerning impaired driving throughout February. Deputies will devote 18 ... The Ohio Department of Public safety is funding the stepped up enforcement through a grant. The sheriff's departmentÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 30, 2018
CANTON Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Taryn L. Heath recently was elected to the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association Board of Trustees. The association's membership includes all general division judges of the state's common pleas courts, and its mission is “to improve the law, the legalÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 30, 2018
CANTON The idea for a common radio system that allows safety forces from all over Stark County to talk to each other during an emergency is ... That's about to change thanks to a local cooperative effort and an $806,093 grant from the State Fire Marshal, a division of the Ohio Department of Commerce.
fox8.com
January 30, 2018
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A Lake High School student was killed Tuesday morning in a two-car crash on her way to school. According to the Stark County Sheriff's Office, the student was Macie Behringer, 16, who was a cheerleader and gymnast at her school. Macie Behringer. Behringer was driving aÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 28, 2018
A Cleveland Clinic expert on teen mental health and a Stark County Family court official are coming to Canton Baptist Temple this week to talk about how the Stark County ... Rather than feeling isolated, the campaign wants teens and young adults in Ohio to be seen, heard and supported, not judged.
Canton Repository
January 28, 2018
Starting in July, Stark County Common Pleas judges will no longer be able to send fifth-degree felons to prison with a few exceptions. CANTON Judge Frank Forchione had stinging words both for a defendant in a drug case as well as Ohio legislators who passed a new law that will prohibit offenders inÃÂ ...
fox8.com
January 28, 2018
PERRY TOWNSHIP, Stark County, Ohio – The 2017-2018 school year has been exceptionally difficult for the Perry Local Schools community. Earlier this month the school district called it a 'suicide contagion.' School officials say six present or former students in the district have committed suicide this schoolÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 23, 2018
Ten of them are Stark County residents, believed to have been bringing hundreds of pounds of cocaine into the area and selling it in Canton, ... “The indictment of thirteen people is significant and an indication that cocaine is still a threat to Northern Ohio,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Timothy PlanconÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 22, 2018
Schools throughout Stark County and Ohio have tested thousands of water fountains and faucets inside their buildings for elevated levels of lead in the roughly two years since alarming levels of lead were found in the water supply of Flint, Mich. Statewide, more than 900 Ohio schools voluntarily reportedÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 17, 2018
Mail a check for the owed amount to Stark County Treasurer, P.O. Box 24815, Canton, OH, 44701-4815. If it's after Feb. 21, it should be mailed to 110 Central Plaza S, Suite 250 Canton, OH, 44702-1410. Zumber asks taxpayers to write the parcel numbers on the checks. The payment should be postmarkedÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
January 15, 2018
The woman's body was delivered to the Stark County Coroner's Office where an autopsy will be performed. Carroll County Coroner Mandal Haas was not available for comment. The state Bureau of Criminal Investigation was summoned to help with the investigation. Temperatures were in the single digitsÃÂ ...
Massillon Independent
January 11, 2018
Among other charges, Paul Kasapis, 48, also has pleaded guilty to multiple gambling-related charges in Stark County Common Pleas Court. ... The federal case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Stark County Sheriff's Office and Jackson TownshipÃÂ ...
fox8.com
January 4, 2018
PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The Stark County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday the seizure of 24 ounces of suspected heroin/carfentanil with a street value of $100,000. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine. On Jan. 4, the Stark County Sheriff's Office MetroÃÂ ...
Akron Beacon Journal
December 27, 2017
SANDY TWP.: A Nevada man driving near Waynesburg on Tuesday evening crossed a center line in Stark County and plowed head-on into an SUV, seriously injuring himself and a couple from South Carolina, authorities said. Alcohol is suspected as a factor in the crash, a news release from the CantonÃÂ ...
WKYC-TV
December 31, 1999
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A seventh grade student was hospitalized Tuesday morning after he shot himself inside Jackson Memorial Middle School. The middle school and high school were placed on lockdown and bomb squad dogs swept the building. All four elementary schools in the district wereÃÂ ...
fox8.com
December 31, 1999
CANTON, Ohio– The Stark County Sheriff's Office is reminding the community it has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to threats on social media. The sheriff's office said it will investigate individual threats and hold those who post them accountable. Those who make threatening messages or share themÃÂ ...
fox8.com
December 31, 1999
MARLBORO TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Marlboro police arrested a 15-year-old Marlington High School student accused of sharing an online message threatening a shooting at her high school. "She had received information about school shootings, 'Don't go to school today or tomorrow,' because that's when theÃÂ ...
Canton Repository
December 31, 1999
CANTON By 8 a.m. this morning, troopers with the Ohio Highway Patrol's Canton post were addressing three weather-related crashes, schools had closed .... Troy Uphold, road maintenance superintendent at the Stark County Engineer's Office, said all 23 of the county's trucks have been out on the roadÃÂ ...
fox8.com
December 31, 1999
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio - With the bitter cold and snowy winter road, crews in Canton Township have already spent more time this season keeping roads clear than they did all of last winter. The effort depleted their salt supply. Road Superintendent Jonathan Smith said the community has not beenÃÂ ...
