Mogadore News

A small fine arts school in Portage County is one of 20 nationwide to receive help from the new NBC show "Smash." The school was chosen to receive help from New York City Broadway theater teachers and some funding for their spring musical.

The state granted the Atlanta-based company $3 million in tax credits this week in exchange for retaining existing jobs at its Mogadore plant, which must remain in that location for at least 18 years to keep the tax credit.

When police responded to a simple call about a suspicious man in a vehicle at a car wash Monday, they discovered a sleeping man with a semi-automatic gun on the passenger seat and a meth lab in the trunk.

The company announced in November plans to move the operations of its 800,000-square-foot Wooster distribution center to Mogadore by the end of 2012, the newspaper reports.