Massillon News

CANTON: Sunday's event in downtown Canton had all the trappings of an outdoor concert - folks in lawn chairs and children stretched out on blankets.

Police in Massillon are searching for a man they say shot and killed another man last week.

Two Stark County shooting victims have died. Matthew Copeland of Massillon died yesterday at Aultman Hospital, and now a Canton man has been charged with aggravated murder.

GREEN: This was the cutting edge of travel in the late 1920s. The Ford Tri-Motor was the embodiment of automaker Henry Ford's vision for public air transportation, a boxy aircraft that could carry eight passengers at what was then a speedy 100 mph.

Cops in Massillon are looking for a man who shot Matthew Copeland at a home on Johnston St SE last night.

But this year was extra special. ''This is my best gift,'' Ulmer, of Westlake, said while embracing his 7-year-old daughter, Nickie.

Officials reported no major problems during the Steel Valley Supernationals After Party in downtown Salem - just lots of people, lots of vehicles and lots of leftover burnt rubber.

Going to a Toby Keith concert is like having a few beers - and shots of tequila, and maybe a little bit of Willie Nelson's favorite weed - with an old buddy you see only once a year.

A fired state trooper who was rehired by the Ohio Department of Public Safety has been discharged a second time after failing to disclose his dismissal from another law-enforcement job.

The pulled pork experts at Old Carolina Barbecue of Canton and Massillon are hoping local fans will pull for them in the "Ultimate Hometown Grill Off" on the "Live! With Regis and Kelly" show, 9 a.m. today on WEWS Channel 5. Owners Brian Bailey and Tim Hug are quarterfinalists out of hundreds of entrants in the 10-week competition.

Carroll County Commissioners are looking to a low-interest loan to fund the purchase of a building for the county health department.

COLUMBUS -- Port Clinton's Macy Caldwell did better than expected in the Division II 100 hurdles at the OHSAA Track and Field State Championships on Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

William Powell, 92 of East Canton became the only African-American to design, build, own and operate a golf course.

Two important exhibits open this weekend at the Akron Art Museum - The Knight Purchase Award: Helen Levitt and Rethinking Art: Objects and Ideas from the 1960s and 1970s.

Ziegler offers free auto repair to the unemployed Massillon, Ohio-based Ziegler Tire & Oil Co.

Kim Bowman of Northwestern receives the ball, catching Kelli Kolenich of Ursuline too far past the base and securing an out early in the game during Regional Final softball in Massillon Saturday, May 30, 2009.

CANTON: Authorities said a suspect in the fatal shootings ofthree people outside a Ninth Street Southwest bar has been captured in New Mexico.

Pfc. Ralph Ellias Dias was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in Vietnam, which is noted on his well-decorated memorial located in the Oakdale Cemetery in Leetonia.

The jobless rate in the city of Massillon has nearly doubled in the past year. Cathy Fick said it's hard to see the effects the recession has had on her hometown.

Updated: 5/27/2009 2:57:33 PM Posted: 5/27/2009 12:09:10 PM CANTON -- Canton Police are searching for one or more suspects who shot and killed two men and one woman outside a bar.