Volunteers sought for Shanesville bicentennial celebration
A committee is being formed to develop and execute plans to celebrate the Shanesville bicentennial in 2014. A formation meeting is set for Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8 a.m. at the Shanesville Lutheran Church on the southwest corner of the intersection of state routes 39 and 93 at Sugarcreek. We are in the early stages of planning the event and are seeking help from anyone who is interested, said...
Student suspect in West Holmes bomb scare
A West Holmes High School sophomore has been identified as a suspect in a Monday Nov. 11 bomb threat.The Holmes County Sheriff’s office reports that a 15-year-old male student is allegedly the individual who left a bomb threat in a restroom at West Holmes High School.According to sheriff’s reports, the bomb threat was reported at approximately 8:33 a.m. The high school faculty and students...
Window Wonderland, Tree Fest kick off Wooster holiday celebration
Main Street Wooster's annual Window Wonderland on Friday, Nov. 22 will kick off the holiday season downtown.At the same time and also downtown, The Wayne Center for the Arts will have its Wooster Potters Guild Holiday Sale and the American Red Cross will have a Festival of Trees open house to benefit disaster relief services.The Window Wonderland evening begins at 7 p.m. with the lighting of the...Davis Foundatons gift to help expand APEX fellowships at Wooster
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations have announced that they will provide $250,000 to expand APEX Fellowship opportunities for Wooster students. The foundations support comes in the form of a bridge grant that will enable the college to increase the number of fellowships available now, while working to grow the APEX endowment to provide even more support for fellowships in the future. APEX...IRS says it will streamline small business dispute process
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the nationwide rollout of a streamlined program designed to enable small businesses under audit to more quickly settle their differences with the IRS. The Fast Track Settlement program is designed to help small businesses and self-employed individuals who are under examination by the Small Business/Self Employed Division of the IRS. Modeled on a...
Confusing play does little to aid Hawks in 2-0 loss to Warriors
Thar she blows! One moment the Hiland Hawks were preparing for an attempt to even the score with arch rival Worthington Christian, a team which has beaten, battered and bruised the Hawks in Regional soccer play over the past decade. The next moment they were staring at a monumental mountain. The culprit in this contest wasnt the play of the Hawks, who showed plenty of spunk in battling...
Little Lady Knights basketball camp gearing up
Getting to see all of your high school heroes up close and personal while getting an education in the art of playing basketball: What more could a young girl want? The annual West Holmes Little Lady Knights (LLK) third through sixth grade Basketball League is currently accepting sign-ups for its winter program. The idea is to expose our younger girls who are interested in playing basketball...