Mantua News

By Mike Sever Record-Courier staff writer Portage County Local Health Departments will hold H1N1 vaccination clinics for the general public from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Portage County Administration Building, 449 S. Meridian St., Ravenna, in Room 134.

With double-digit unemployment continuing to plague the region, thousands of cash-strapped parents are looking to local charities to help them make sure their child has a gift under the Christmas tree.

Winter temperatures blew into Portage County starting Wednesday afternoon with gusts hitting in the 50 mph range.

At least six area fire departments responded shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday to a structure fire in a detached garage and workshop at the rear of 5422 New Milford Road, near the intersection of Hayes Road in Ravenna Township.

By Dave O'Brien Record-Courier staff writer An Akron man will spend two more weeks in the Portage County jail and became a registered Tier II sex offender after he was sentenced Monday in Portage County Common Pleas Court on a charge that he had sexual contact with a 5-year-old child in July.

Christmas beers will be pouring as Akron's Hoppin' Frog Brewery has joined forces with two local restaurants to host beer dinners.

By Diane Smith Record-Courier staff writer MANTUA - The Mantua Shalersville Chamber of Commerce is scrambling to provide Christmas gifts for nearly 200 area children.

Scam artists have been hitting Portage County in recent weeks, attempting to con residents out of their hard-earned money.

The city has been awarded $500,000 in state grant money to put toward the $2.9 million purchase of Spring Hill Farm, a 153-acre property that was the original homestead of the city's founder, Ebenezer Sheldon.

Robin Rose of the State Auditor's Open Government Unit will present the 3 hour Public Records/Meetings seminar at the Mantua Shalersville Fire Department noon - 3:15 pm, Wednesday, November 18.

Veterans Day is Nov. 11. It is a special time for all Americans to pause and reflect on the magnificent contributions and sacrifices made by our men and women who served with honor and dignity and those who died for the precious freedoms we enjoy and often take for granted.

A Mantua woman who for 10 years was the elected clerk/treasurer of the village of Mantua was indicted Tuesday by a Portage County grand jury on a total of six felonies and misdemeanors for allegedly stealing village funds while in office.

But a high-spirited Halloween prank turned out to have deadly consequences in Shalersville Township in 1918 when the merriment of the evening ended in a fatal shotgun blast and a manslaughter charge.

Trick or Treat for communities in Portage County will take place this year on the following dates and times.

In Deerfield, the fire chief is weighing a text paging system, where emergency calls would be forwarded to a dispatch center in Virginia.

Crestwood High School in Mantua is closed today due to a break in the main heating line of the building.

On Saturday, Alliance Police Department officers and the Ohio Department of Public Safety Investigative Unit conducted a joint enforcement detail targeting alcohol-related offenses in the city of Alliance.

An Akron man is in the Portage County jail after he was charged Tuesday with having sexual relations with a 5-year-old in Mantua.

Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci has waded into one of the county municipal court races by firing Assistant Prosecutor Tommie Jo Marsilio.

A second person has pleaded guilty in connection with a string of thefts from cars in Aurora.