Garrettsville News

When one thinks of reggae music, most first thoughts don't drift to that of a rock quarry.

Sylvester Beecher didn't have a penny to his name when he arrived in Ohio in 1807, but he died a millionaire.

As dozens of children arrived at Pierce Streetsboro Library on June 27 for their summer reading club, Portage County Library Board of Trustees member Todd Puster stood near the entrance informing patrons the branch may close.

Libraries in Streetsboro, Randolph and Windham could close if proposed state budget cuts go into effect.

Anderson University student Leah Eger of Mogadore was selected for membership in the Pi Kappa Lambda honor society for music students.

GARRETTSVILLE: Tractors, canoes, rapid hamburger eating and even a hometown Garrettsville Idol competition will highlight the annual Garrettsville SummerFest this weekend in the Portage County community.

If adopted, Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed reduction in library funding would mean 50 percent less for operations starting July 1 and may result in drastic service cuts, the director of the Portage County District Library said June 22.

The pickings were slim as the last of the inventory at Paul's Do-It center was being sold.

The Braves will play Hamilton Badin at 10 a.m. Saturday for a chance at their first title.

If you haven't noticed the parking situation around campus during the recent months you either don't own a car, or you probably just don't go to this college.

At least four of the five General Motors dealerships in Portage County have received official notice from GM that they will remain open.

A home in Braceville was consumed by flames around 7 o'clock Thursday morning. The fire broke out in the kitchen of a 2-story house in the 700 block of Jewell North Road.

Staccato, or ''Sticky,'' for short, was a novice Friday at the DockDog Big Air Wave competition at the Bark in the Park weekend at Clay's Park in North Lawrence Township.

At 1:48 p.m. Sunday, hundreds of motorcyclists learned injured Warren police Officer Doug Hipple had arrived home.

Tragedy is part of the job, but that does not make it any easier for firefighters, police and emergency medical technicians when they lose someone from the family.

WINDHAM: A few hours before a mother apparently shot and killed her 2-year-old daughter and herself in their backyard, the little girl was seen happily playing on a blue swing set next to the house.

The deaths of a mother and her 2-year-old daughter have shocked a quiet neighborhood in this small village of about 2,700 people.

Portage County sheriff's deputies are investigating an apparent murder suicide. Melissa Hall, a dispatcher for the Garrettsville-Freedom-Nelson Fire Department allegedly killed her 4 year old daughter before turning a gun on herself.

The Portage County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspected murder-suicide Wednesday in Windham involving a mother and her 4-year-old daughter.

The cruise-in was one of many Memorial Day weekend events scheduled in the area.