The Stark County Democratic Central Committee will meet Tuesday at the Golden Lodge on Harrison Avenue SW in Canton to fill the county offices left vacant by the resignation of former Commissioner Tom Harmon on Dec. 1 and the death of former Engineer Michael Rehfus. Full Story »
Coffee and conversation go hand-in-hand at Concorde Therapy Group in Canton where several members started the Concorde Coffee Club. Full Story »
BATES, Leah M., 92, of Canton; call 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Reed; service 1 p.m. Monday. CARPENTER, Lloyd F., 84, of Canton; call 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Reed; service 1 p.m. Monday. Full Story »
Fire hydrant taken offline because its frozen on Canton’s southwest side. Full Story »
Loading multimedia... Ex-Newsboy Joe Andaloro (left) sells a paper to Nick Christ of Canton at John's Bar and Grill in Canton on Friday morning. Full Story »
A Canton street is slated to be renamed today to honor Sgt. Nicholas A. Casey, who was killed last year in Afghanistan. Full Story »
A proposal designed to avoid 28 fire layoffs has been finalized. The next step could be a vote by the union membership. The proposal includes a reduction in work hours for the firefighters who are facing layoffs. Full Story »
Orrville Police Department is seeking information that could guide it in the case of a Thursday afternoon bank robbery. Full Story »
Smoke and faint odor at Westfield Belden Village mall is blamed on overheated furnace. Jackson Township firefighters have addressed the problem as shoppers continue seeking Christmas gifts. Full Story »
Hower House has been transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland for the holidays with festive decorations adorning the rooms throughout the mansion through Dec. 27. Full Story »
The Carroll Aspiring Stage Theatrics (C.A.S.T.) will present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” tonight and Saturday. Full Story »
A new fitness and Pilates center has opened in the Village Barn in Hartville, offering private and group classes. Full Story »
A man who called police to say he and his girlfriend were victims of a violent home-invasion robbery called back to cancel his request for help. Police showed up anyway, arresting the couple, seizing heroin and taking them to an area hospital to be treated for heroin-related sores. Full Story »
Getting your kids ice skates for Christmas? Here are places to take them to use those new skates — and it’s free. Full Story »
Canton teens from Canton will spend their Hanukkah holiday in the nation’s capital, where they’ll visit with Congressional representatives, and participate in a social justice seminar Full Story »
Adam Olenick is Catholic. Toni Olenick is Jewish. The Plain Township couple and their three children face a unique balancing act each holiday season. Full Story »
Boston Mills Ski Resort will open for the season Saturday. The ski resort has announced on its Web site that it will open at noon Saturday. The ski resort will be issuing a report later today announcing which slopes will be open. Full Story »
A Plain Township woman has her missing camera. The single mom had lost more than her Nikon COOLPIX Saturday. She was frantic over the lost memories, thousands of them, stored on the camera’s memory card. Full Story »
Canton firefighters credit a southwest Canton couple’s dog with alerting them to the basement fire. With no smoke detectors in the house, firefighters say a middle-of-the-night fire would’ve been deadly. Full Story »
Troopers arrested a Twinsburg man on a traffic violation and then a felony weapons charge when they found a loaded gun in his car, Stark County Jail records said. Full Story »
Information for the crime section comes from reports that area law enforcement agencies provide and Repository staff members collect. ARREST Frank E. Freeman , 68, of 200 High Ave. SW, was arrested at 12:46 p.m. Thursday at U.S. Route 30 by troopers with the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Canton post on warrants charging him with driving without a valid license and two counts of felony receiving stolen ... Full Story »
Jackson Township police arrested a man found selling marijuana with his newborn in the car. Officers seized pot and “a large amount of cash” from the Canton man. Full Story »
“Our main goal has always been ‘that no school child should miss school for the need of shoes and clothing,’ ” said Jimmy DiMarzio, Canton Ex-Newsboys president. Full Story »
Stark County Park District is asking volunteers to take part SaturdayDec. 19 in the district’s second annual Christmas Bird Count. No experience is necessary to count birds along the Congressman Ralph Regula Towpath Trail in western Stark County. Full Story »
Chances are good you’ll get at least one plant for the holidays, if only the most common one, the poinsettia. Plants as gifts are huge. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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