Greenwich News

Area news briefs: Miss Ohio wants YOU to give blood Wednesday July 9, 2009 Crestline Groups join together for day of prayer Peacemakers International, in conjunction with Tabernacle of Praise and the Crestline Ministerial Association, will host a 24-hour community prayer at Crestline House of Prayer, 224 1/2 N. Seltzer St.

GREENWICH: Theron L. 'Terry' Hunt, age 66, of Greenwich, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at Fisher Titus Medical Center, Norwalk after a sudden illness.

A 51-year-old Greenwich man was killed Friday after he failed to stop, and his vehicle was struck by another in Fitchville Township, according to the Norwalk post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

GREENWICH: Norman L. Parlett, age 61, of Greenwich, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in Bellevue.

Sunday, May 24 9:30 a.m. a ' Church Street, a man said someone removed his mailbox from the ground and placed it in the neighbora TMs yard.

Heavy rains brought flooding to Huron County Tuesday evening. An area of showers and thunderstorms developed late this afternoon and early evening mainly west of the Greater Cleveland area.

ASHLAND -- Two north central Ohio residents were honored May 9 when Ashland University named its valedictorian, salutatorian and Academic Hall of Fame members during commencement exercises.

With one in every six adult residents out of work, Huron County has the highest unemployment rate in Ohio.

No injuries were reported when a Mapleton School bus struck a parked car in a private drive Thursday afternoon in Ashland County.

Canceled MANSFIELD -- The visit by Jean Paul Samputu, Nadia Mugarisoni and the Mizero Children of Rwanda originally scheduled for next week has been canceled.

North Mansfield -- Two brothers, ages 15 and 17, reportedly traded punches Tuesday evening.

The Richland County Division of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force conducted its latest sweep Tuesday.

A Greenwich man was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Huron County.

'Babe' Powell REPUBLIC - Laura Catherine 'Babe' Powell, age 72, of Republic, died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Bellevue Hospital in Bellevue, Ohio.

MANSFIELD -- A Mansfield couple was arrested Wednesday and charged in an extortion plot that took $100,000 from a Greenwich, Conn., man, police said.

Sherry Stillion said pancakes couldn't wait for Sunday morning. "We're having breakfast for dinner tonight," said the Butler woman, with a fresh bottle of maple syrup in hand.

SHILOH - Patricia A. Hout, 62, of Shiloh, died early Sunday morning, March 1, 2009, at MedCentral Mansfield Hospital.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Proposed changes to Gov. Ted Strickland's two-year transportation budget would require the state to study the economic feasibility of direct passenger rail service between Toledo and Columbus.

MANSFIELD - Iscah I. Hunter, 89, of Mansfield, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at MedCentral Mansfield.

GREENWICH - Harold 'Tommy' Blair, age 60, of Greenwich, died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus after a lengthy illness.