Rittman News

Rittman: The annual Memorial Day Service at Western Reserve National Cemetery, 10175 Rawiga Road, is at 3 p.m. May 26.

VBS at Oak Grove Mennonite Church, 7843 Smucker Road, will be held June 10-14 from 9-11:30 a.m. All children ages 3 and older, and their parents/caregivers are welcome.

A Rittman man was injured in a crash May 2 at the intersection of Fulton Road and state Route 57.

When Wooster purchased the Layton Elementary School for a water tower site, it sent the LEAP Program looking for a new home, and it found one in Rittman.

We're on the verge of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer and a holiday often associated with picnics and cookouts.

Council members agreed to sell a piece of property on Salt Street, and they would like to have a parcel on Main Street added to the city's holdings.

WARRANT, COMMERCE: Police were called at about 7:10 p.m. May 7 after someone reported that a suspicious person was in a Volvo in the area.

He's the man people turn to when other trainers have thrown in the towel and given up on an animal with problem behaviors.

Rittman High School's principal will leave at the end of the school year for a new position, but he is not going very far at all.

Suzi Snyder fought back against the man who stole her blue 1998 Toyota Corolla, as seen in security footage.

Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in conjunction with the Department of Ohio American Legion will hold a Grave Decorating Ceremony May 25 at 10 a.m. Scouts and the community are invited to attend and assist with traditional placement of Memorial Flags at each gravesite.

Recording artist Duane Frame will perform Southern Gospel music at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Eastern Road Church of God Spring Revival, 2600 Eastern Road in Rittman.

The city's service director, who died unexpectedly in his sleep Sunday, was remembered as someone who was thoughtful, generous, intelligent and hard-working. Dave Simpson was 55 and worked for Rittman since 1979, serving the past 20 years as service director.

Universities and colleges submit a complete listing of deans' lists and graduates at the end of each quarter or semester.

There was $11.1 million less for schools. The children's services levy lost $474,000 compared to historical levels as the General Assembly reduced reimbursements it had promised for local property taxes it eliminated.

For Rita Patrick, 86, a resident of Doylestown Health Care Center, it would include polka music, polka dancing, Barberton chicken, Hungarian and Slovenian sausage from Al's Quality Meats, some cupcakes and, of course, family and friends.

When it comes to the Wayne County Home & Garden Show, some come for the compact tractors, others for the flowers, some for the home services and others to see old friends and meet new ones.

More than 35 hospitals across Wayne, Holmes and 11 other counties participated in a mock disaster drill Thursday to test their responses to a large-scale disaster.

City leaders would like to have a say in how the former Caraustar site is developed, so they are considering entering into an agreement with the new owners.

Plans to discuss the purchase of the former Rittman Middle School property never really materialized during Monday's council meeting.