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Wooster Community Band second concert to be held July 24

Wooster Community Band second concert to be held July 24

The Wooster Community Band is looking forward to their second concert this summer July 24 at 7 p.m. This concert is sponsored by an anonymous donor for the Wayne County Historical Society, Sprenger Health Care and the Daily Record. The band will be performing under the baton of Randy Claes in downtown Wooster in front of Everything Rubbermaid. Spectators will need to bring their own lawn chairs...
Mother Nature wipes out NAPA Wayne County Speedway races

Mother Nature wipes out NAPA Wayne County Speedway races

On and off rain showers the past week have soaked the grounds of NAPA Wayne County Speedway and made it impossible for the track crew to get the racing surface into racing condition, forcing Jason and Kristin Flory to cancel the races. The Mid Season Championships will be reset for next Friday, July 12, as it will be CDL night with 1/2 off general admission with proper ID. Gates open at 4 p.m...
After being found incompetent to stand trial, Stutzman being sent back to facility where he was found competent

After being found incompetent to stand trial, Stutzman being sent back to facility where he was found competent

A Wayne County Common Pleas judge has ordered a Navarre man charged with killing his adoptive parents back to a Columbus facility where he was previously found to be faking psychosis. Rodney Stutzman, 33, will be sent back to the Twin Valley Timothy B. Moritz Forensic Unit following Wayne County Common Pleas Judge Corey Spitler’s finding that Stutzman is not competent to stand trial on charges...
Renacci introduces new bill

Renacci introduces new bill

U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (OH-16) has introduced H.R.2565, The STOP IRS Act. The legislation would give the head of the IRS the ability to fire employees who engage in political targeting. “Americans are rightly upset no one has been fired by the IRS for the admitted targeting of political groups by employees at the agency,” said Renacci. “There are, however, policies in place to immediately...

Some power outages still reported Most power should be restored by midnight on Thursday, July 11 or by Friday evening

Most power outages should be restored by Friday evening, July 12 at the latest, American Electric Power and Holmes/Wayne Electric Cooperative report. Approximately 1,200 customers with Holmes/Wayne and 1,878 American Electric Power (AEP) customers are without power, as of 2 p.m. Thursday. AEP has reported that power restoration should be reached for the majority of its customers by 6 p.m...
Ohio Light Opera Orchestra’s Pops Concert held in downtown Wooster

Ohio Light Opera Orchestra’s Pops Concert held in downtown Wooster

J. Lynn Thompson, conductor of the Ohio Light Opera (OLO) Orchestra expressed his thanks at the 14th annual OLO Community Pops Concert held on the square in downtown Wooster in celebration of our nation’s independence. Thompson thanked Grant Cornwell, president of The College of Wooster where the OLO is housed and Sandra Hull of Main Street Wooster, who promotes the annual event. The OLO was...
NewPointe is going to the movies

NewPointe is going to the movies

NewPointe Community Church is a thriving and growing group of more than 3,500 people across multiple locations in Northeast Ohio, and this summer we are going “to the movies.” Movies are something we all love. They are inspiring, creative, fun and full of suspense and adventure. And while they do all of that – they communicate what our culture thinks is popular and right. In this four-week...
New registry won’t be much help in ongoing Wooster arson investigation, police chief says

New registry won’t be much help in ongoing Wooster arson investigation, police chief says

A new registry aimed at tracking convicted arsonists isn’t likely to help in an ongoing investigation into suspicious fires in Wooster. Wooster Police Chief Matt Fisher said the new law, which went into effect July 1, won’t have much impact on an ongoing investigation into fires ruled to be arson that occurred on the city’s southeast end earlier this year. “I can’t say whether it would...
A movie under the stars returns to OARDC Amphitheater

A movie under the stars returns to OARDC Amphitheater

Another installment of free, family fun returns on Friday, July 19. The Wooster Hope Center’s (WHC) event, a movie under the stars, will take place for the second year in a row at the OARDC Amphitheater. Last year, E.T. drew a crowd of 200 people. That same turnout is anticipated for the viewing of this year’s movie, Free Willy. The event will take place from 7:30-11:15 p.m. The other two...

Millersburg expects $2 million carry over going into 2014

The village of Millersburg should go into 2014 with a healthy carryover equalling about eight months of operating expenses. Village council Monday, July 8 approved a 2014 tax budget presented by clerk/treasurer Karen Shaffer that shows an estimated carryover from 2013 of $2,107,567. The total estimated operating budget for 2014 is $3,146,400. The carryover is expected to grow slightly through...