The Canton Repository

A Canton man was arrested with checks belonging to another person. Full Story »

The U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force nabbed Mitchell G. Wymer, 25, on warrants out of Massillon Municipal Court and turned him over to Canal Fulton police, according to jail records. Full Story »

The former St. Ignatius Wildcat and Ohio State Buckeye then told the Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club his own personal horror story of injury and infection. How a young man with biceps the size of a whole ham went from “being the NFL’s No. 1 free agent at 26, doing McDonald’s commercials” to out of football by 29. Full Story »

A rental property owner wants the city to get tougher on scrap metal thefts and regulations after eight of his homes were broken into in a three-week span. Full Story »

Firefighters are investigating a late Sunday night fire at the old Casto’s Pizza place. Full Story »

• Authorized spending $1,010 to buy a desktop computer for the Uniontown Police Department. The computer will be ordered on the Internet from Dell Marketing. Full Story »

Hot cooking oil started a fire in an apartment complex around 7 p.m. Monday, firefighters say. Full Story »

A mattress burst into flames in the 500 block of Wells Avenue NW around 12:30 p.m. Monday. Full Story »

The Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District proceeded with plans to file a federal lawsuit against American Landfill in Sandy Township alleging the facility is polluting the surrounding air and water. Full Story »

Tucked away on the front lawn of the Canton Garden Center at Stadium Park, the JFK Memorial may be forgotten by some but not all residents. A recent letter to the editor in The Repository by Gary L. Boylan of Canton has helped draw attention to the monument’s condition. Pieces of concrete have fallen off the ring encircling the fountain. Full Story »

Citing a breakdown in settlement talks, the Canton Police Patrolman’s Association wants to resume its lawsuit against the city over alleged violations of the former union president’s free-speech rights. Full Story »

• Approved buying a new ambulance for the Fire Department. The city will enter a 3-year lease purchase agreement with Chase Equipment Leasing that will not exceed $204,000. The new ambulance will be delivered in early spring. Full Story »

KEY ACTION Rezoned Kim and William Trussell’s 2.2-acre yard at 6900 Portage St. NW from rural residential to commercial business. Full Story »

Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, defended his vote for the health care bill approved by the House of Representatives on Saturday, saying that the United States cannot afford to delay needed reforms in the system. Full Story »

CLARK , Darlene M., 73, of Navarre; call 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Atkinson Feucht Hare Navarre Chapel; service 11 a.m. Thursday. COMBS , Gary L., 67, of Hartville; private services. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian, Alliance. Full Story »

The health care debate is dividing neighbors, co-workers and, in at least one case, of a mother and her daughter. Full Story »

The man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday evening apparently was distracted before driving his Harley-Davidson into a parked pick-up truck, witnesses told polices. Full Story »

A teenager attacked his neighbor with a baseball bat, police say. Full Story »

A Stark County grand jury has indicted a woman accused of causing the car crash that killed a 15-year-old girl and injured two others in September. Full Story »

Gangkar Tulku Rinpoche, Head Lama of the Dzindu Monastery in India, and a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks currently touring the United States will offer a “Puja” or blessing at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Full Story »

“You driving down the road is like a time bomb,” Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione told Lesley L. Ormiston Jr. Full Story »

Melvin Schlabach is Stark County’s Veteran of the Year, but the years he spent in two branches of the military and in helping veterans have taught him that there are a lot of vets out there who deserve an award. Full Story »

Anthony Sowell served in the Marines from 1978 to 1985 and was stationed at various times at Parris Island, S.C.; Cherry Point, N.C.; Okinawa, Japan; and Camp Pendleton, Calif. Full Story »

A southwest Canton girl reportedly was sexually molested when someone put their hands down in her clothing. The victim is 16. Full Story »

Roy L. Semrau II, 36, of Mentor was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a parked pickup truck in the 300 block of Lindy Lane NW on Saturday. Full Story »