North Lawrence News

Smith Dairy entry features special grand marshal Mary Esther Schmid riding on the horse-drawn vehicle.

Staccato, or ''Sticky,'' for short, was a novice Friday at the DockDog Big Air Wave competition at the Bark in the Park weekend at Clay's Park in North Lawrence Township.

A one-vehicle race at the Wayne County Speedway in the wee hours Saturday morning ended in a fiery crash that destroyed a 1999 Honda Accord valued at $5,000. Orrville Fire Chief Bob Ballentine said firefighters were called to the speedway at McQuaid and Carr roads in East Union Township at 3:36 a.m. to respond to a report of a burning vehicle.

A three-unit apartment complex was damaged by fire late Saturday afternoon. Massillon firefighters were assisted by crews from North Lawrence, Jackson and Perry townships to put out flames at 115, 117 and 119 Maple Street S.E. Massillon Fire Chief Tom Burgasser credits his crew for saving the structure.

An Orrville woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash around 4 p.m. Thursday at Wooster Street and Glen Avenue in Tuscarawas Township.

DETENTION FACILITY TUESDAY Ronda J. Fleenor, 41, 2908 E. State Road, Port Clinton, arrested by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for warrants out of Florida, no bond.

Lawrence Township officials are searching for funding to help remedy two safety issues in the township but the money is hard to come by.

A stove that was being used for heat sparked a fire Wednesday that destroyed a Tuscarawas Township house.

A blaze that destroyed a Tuscarawas Township residence this morning may have been deliberately set.

Tuesday 11:21 a.m. -- Protection order in 1000 block of North Lawrence Road, Erie Township.

Just after 7 o'clock Saturday morning in the Washington High School cafeteria, 6-year-old Zionna was bright-eyed and smiling when she ran into the open arms of retired police officer Jim Thornsberry.

An estimated $500,000 worth of printing equipment was destroyed Tuesday night in a barn fire that started after a motorist slid across an icy Tuscarawas Township road.