McGuffey News

NEWARK -- Newark City Schools hopes a construction fence at the McGuffey Elementary School site will curb further vandalism at the school, which is scheduled to be renovated.

Youngstown police are investigating an early morning accident on McGuffey Avenue.

An onboard argument led to the shooting of a 17-year-old boy as he was exiting a COTA bus in North Linden this morning, Columbus police said.

Youngstown Police are searching for evidence after a suspected shooting on the east side.

NEWARK -- By early December, Newark will have two fewer traffic lights. Recent studies revealed that the traffic lights at the intersections of North 21st Street and Camp Street and North Cedar Street and Claredon Street are no longer warranted.

Voters turning out for the Nov. 3 election will need to decide whether or not to allow Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo to operate casinos.

The bright, vivid tomatoes that Jamie Wells, an eighth-grader at Liberty Middle School, created with charcoal captured the eyes of the judges and will be featured in the 2010 Park National Bank calendar.

In response to the Ohio Department of Transportation's concerns about a new intersection in Calcutta, St.

If the revamped Challenger Drive/state Route 170 intersection in Calcutta creates more problems than it solves, Columbiana County commissioners will help fix it.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' McGuffey Centrea TMs after-school program will begin Monday. The program will run from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. DILLEN, Albert L. Jr. - Memorial Mass will begin at 10 a.m. today at St.

AKRON a ' Ohio Department of Transportationa TMs District 4, which includes Mahoning and Trumbull counties, has announced traffic changes and restrictions.

Memorial services will begin at 10 a.m. today at Westside United Methodist Church.

NEWARK - Longtime Miller Elementary School teacher Debe Petrey got choked up Monday while packing up her room.

NEWARK - Newark elementary students spent much of their last day of school Thursday reminiscing about the year.

The community is invited to an open house for Superintendent Keith Richards from 5 to 6:30 p.m. June 11 at The Works, 55 S. First St., Newark.

Students at Miller Elementary School perform a song for Aliki Brandenberg, a British author who said she fell in love with the school after first visiting in 1989.

The Million Dollar Dream is still alive. Did you know a group of 12 Newark women are trying to raise $1 million to support the school district's athletic and cocurricular programs? They are looking to collect $220,000 by summer's end so that students and their families don't have to come up with the $200 athletic and $55 cocurricular fees to ...

Newark City Schools celebrated its first levy success in recent years Tuesday evening during its first post-election board meeting.

During the 2009-10 school year, two elementary buildings undergo renovations. The first project will occur at John Clem Elementary, and the students enrolled at that school will attend classes at the former Roosevelt Middle School on Mount Vernon Road.