Preschoolers get a Head Start on education with help from local program
School readiness, as any kindergarten teacher will tell you, is critically important. Gone are the days when kindergarten meant pleasant days of casual play, modeling clay, and lots of time on the playground. The kinder, gentler kindergarten of yesterday has changed. Today’s 4- and 5-year-old children are expected to ‘hit the ground running’ when they come in the doors of the classroom in...
Sink your teeth into the best sandwich for charity
A new fundraising effort is slated to take place at the Park Place Teen Center in Tuscora Park Nov. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. Share-a-Christmas Holiday Hoopla Sandwich Wars is being coordinated by local resident Dee Phillips, along with her daughter, Vernae Blackwell, as well as many other volunteers. Share-a-Christmas is an annual program coordinated through a partnership between Tuscarawas County...10/25/12 Wooster woman dies in U.S. 250 crash
The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wooster Post is investigating an Oct. 24 crash that claimed the life of a Wooster woman. Veronica J. Cook, 53, 545 Stibbs Street, was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle head on collision that occurred at approximately 8:50 a.m. on U.S. 250 near Mt. Eaton. According to Wooster Post reports, Cook was traveling westbound on U.S. 250 in a 1989 Chevrolet when...