Rome News

Smoke inhalation caused the death of the two people found Sunday morning in the house fire on 5434 Ireland Road, coroner's investigator Rich Mongell said.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon HARTSGROVE AND Rome firefighters pour water on the burning remnants of a house early Sunday morning on Ireland Road, south of Route 6, in Hartsgrove.

Firefighters from four area departments battled a blaze at 45 Rome Rock Boulevard early Saturday morning, said Rome Township Fire Chief Ed Koziol.

The tiny body of a 4-week old puppy lay still, its breathing shallow and irregular.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon ROME FIREFIGHTER Doug Olinik extinguishes the remaining flames of a house fire Saturday at 3525 Route 46 South in Lenox Township.

Just as Rome was not built in a day, so the dams of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, which affect an area far larger than Rome, will not be rebuilt in a short period of time.

Firefighters from three volunteer fire departments battled a garage fire that destroyed a tractor, car and a motor cycle Sunday afternoon at 6088 Route 45, said Rome Fire Chief Ed Koziol.

WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon THE SOUTH Central Ambulance District is celebrating a 35th birthday.

Many cars driving west on Route 6 seemed to be outfitted with cute green hats after visits to many Christmas tree farms in the southern part of Ashtabula County.

Betty Willet, 102 Nov. 15 Betty Willet will celebrate her 102nd birthday Nov. 15. She was born in Rome, Ohio, to Harry and Jetta Haun in 1907.

One year ago today, I was clearing out my office. I was in Ashtabula County , working as a field organizer for the Barack Obama campaign in Ohio.

A Somerset woman was killedin a one-vehicle accident around 5 a.m. Monday on Route 31, one-half mile east of White Horse Road in Allegheny Township.

Glancing at snapshots of a rescued dog, Ashtabula County Humane Society agent Donna Yan did a double-take. "I actually had to ask if the dog in the picture is the same dog we dropped off a couple of months ago," Yan said.

Jonathan Joy was 15 when he started his love affair with the theater. That is when he started taking the acting classes of Rebecca Payne at Chesapeake Schools.

's August cover story, " The Case for Early Marriage ," much impressed me. My husband and I commenced a life of hardship at ages 20 and 18, respectively.

Carlton R. Edwards, 86, of Pataskala, passed away at Mt. Carmel East Hospital on September 22, 2009.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners gave its support to a number of measures that, collectively, would protect more than 336 acres of county land from development.

Ashtabula County humane officers removed one dog and six puppies last week from a Price Road residence and plan to remove more dogs this week.

A Rome man who reportedly burglarized a gas station early Monday morning saw his escape scuttled by an empty gas tank, according to Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department deputies.

The Lawrence County Commission agreed Thursday to pursue both a grant and a loan to help pay for a piece of equipment at the Union Rome Sewer system, but they want to know what happened to federal funding for the rest of the project.