Canton News

Canton in the 1920s was so corrupt, with bootleg operations, red-light districts, gambling, dirty cops and other vice, that it was known as ''Little Chicago.'' One man tried to clean up the town - Don R. Mellett, an Indiana-born editor whose crusade and subsequent assassination are studied in Murder of a Journalist: The True Story of the Death of ...

William L. "Bill" Lewton, Jr., 87, of West High Street, passed away at 3:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec.

A former Canton police officer in prison for killing his pregnant girlfriend and unborn child will not get a chance to argue his appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Ex-Toledoan Robert Torres is leaving his mark on Ohio's 7th largest city, Canton.

An elderly couple has a lot to be thankful for after the community rallies to build them a new house.

The Elder Panthers attempt to get back to the Division I championship Saturday night when they meet Hilliard-Davidson at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 26th, 2009 Cryptozoologically, most people who study Bigfoot understand the history of Robert W. Morgan and his involvement in the search for the elusive creatures.

A toddler was found Wednesday morning wandering alone on a busy residential street in Canton.

Stark County Sheriff's detectives are investigating after a body was found yesterday in Sherrick Run Creek in Canton Township.

What's the hottest ticket in the nation's capital? An engraved invitation to Tuesday's White House State Dinner, the first hosted by President Barack Obama.

Canton police and the FBI are looking for three bank robbers who took money from the Fifth Third Bank on Cleveland Avenue at gunpoint yesterday.

The body of an East Cleveland man was found in a Canton area creek on Thursday, Nov.

And the auction of one of Northeast Ohio's most distinctive structures was a "no sale" Thursday.

Canton police are on the lookout for vandals who damaged fire hydrants, in turn, jeopardizing the lives of Woodland Avenue residents and firefighters.

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ASHLAND: Tickets for tonight's game at Canton Central Catholic High School's Lowell Klinefelter Field in Canton are on sale at the Howland Activities Office and at Select Sportswear.

For now at least, an Ohio judge is refusing to move the trial of a man accused of killing his two young children and former mother-in-law. Attorneys for 35-year-old James Mammone III had argued that a fair trial in his hometown of Canton would be impossible because of extensive media coverage and public talk about the case.

HANDLEY, Thomas Lee, 71, of Minerva, Ohio, formerly of Wintersville, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio.

CANTON: Hany ''Mike'' Potroos will never lose sight of certain things about the Stables Hall of Fame Grille.

Evelyn Courturier is inspiring. She follows the music and, in the manner of a wind-up doll, Evelyn instantly turns that motion to dance.