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10/19/11 Wooster woman believed to be bank robber

SUMMARY: Suspect arrested in Ottawa County believed to be behind Oct. 3 robbery of Apple Creek Banking Co. branch Charges are expected next week against a Wooster woman who allegedly robbed a Market Street bank. Wooster Police are expected to bring charges against Heather Beasley, 24, last known address 353 1/2 E. Bowman St., at the next session of the grand jury, WPD Sgt. Robert Merillat said...
Central Christian Students Celebrate Colonial Day

Central Christian Students Celebrate Colonial Day

During Central Christian School's Colonial Day, elementary school students invite their grandparents to an event designed to use old-fashioned activities to teach kids a new thing or two. Summary: Girls donning mob caps and cotton dresses and boys sporting breeches and three-cornered hats huddled on the ground around a game of marbles while, nearby, a child in a flowered bonnet turned the wooden...

10/19/11 Charges against codefendants in alleged attack on Amish bishop go to common pleas court

SUMMARY: Additional charges possible through grand jury, prosecuting attorney says Charges against five men charged with attacking an Amish Bishop and his family will go before the grand jury after the codefendants waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Wednesday Oct. 19. Daniel S. Mullet, 37, 8865 County Road 53, Bergholz; Eli M. Miller, 31, 385 Township Road 280, Bergholz; Levi F...

Third quarter costly as Generals fall to Mansfield Senior

102311 WHSfbSenior-1 Promo: Tygers take a bite out of Generals in yet another 38-35 shootout Third quarter costly as Generals fall to Mansfield Senior By Brian Questel This has been a season of couldas, wouldas and shouldas for Mike McCreary and his football Generals. That was certainly the case again October 14 for the Generals when they hosted Mansfield Senior. They coulda prevented one...

A Banjo On My Knee

Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. I had never been to Alabama before, that is, until my dad moved to Birmingham after my parents’ divorce. I was in high school at the time, and Alabama was a world apart from my small Ohio hometown. I got...

I Have Old Days

Column Summary A birthday can put you in a place of reminiscence, yet the reality is that sharing is no longer considered story telling, it’s called history. On the news this morning the anchor man was reporting that cursive writing was beginning to phase out of the standard curriculum, if it hasn’t already. The states of Indiana and Hawaii have indeed dropped cursive writing. Many other...
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

The Place of Lost Footsteps My father always said, mother, we must vote. It is the only right we have. This was in the 1930s in Chillicothe, Ohio. I was in a wheelchair and a leg brace. Mother would ask a neighbor to sit with me while they voted. Dad insisted. He was adamant, even with very little food in the house, that we had to spend the time to vote. We were poor, living in New York Railroad...

Clayton Weller

Clayton Weller Office sought: Sugarcreek Mayor Age: 61 Family: Companion, Jenny, daughter, Shannon and 8-year-old grandson, Clayton. Education: Garaway High School, Class of ‘68 Hometown: Sugarcreek Occupation: Retired Political party affiliation: Democrat Previous elected offices: Sugarcreek Village Council Applicable experience: Village of Sugarcreek street superintendent, zoning...
Prairie Township fire and rescue seeks voter support

Prairie Township fire and rescue seeks voter support

Voters in Prairie Township are being asked to approve a measure for the renewal of a tax for the support of the community’s fire and ambulance services this election. The renewal would allocate tax dollars for the purpose of providing fire protection and ambulance or emergency medical services, as well as for purchasing necessary ambulance equipment. The levy would be a five-year renewal at the...
Pork and sauerkraut supper to be held Nov. 2 in Mt. Hope

Pork and sauerkraut supper to be held Nov. 2 in Mt. Hope

Delores, Katrina, Ken, and Berdene Richards prepare for the pork and sauerkraut supper to be held Nov. 2, from 4-7:30 p.m., at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mt. Hope. The menu will include homemade kraut, real mashed potatoes, gravy, pork, pickles, applesauce, rolls, pie, and beverage. Carryouts are available. In case of inclement weather, patrons can wait inside the church.