Ashtabula County News

An incumbent and a former township park commissioner won two trustee seats Tuesday in Ashtabula Township.

A man charged with burning his Monroe Township home has been indicted by an Ashtabula County grand jury on aggravated arson and arson charges following a fire he allegedly set at 5404 Hilldom Road, according to Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records.

Charges are ahead for an Austinburg couple too drunk to care for their young children properly over the weekend, according to Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department deputies.

A 16-year-old Geneva boy faces numerous charges after a violent tussle with an Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department deputy last weekend, according to reports.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners is discussing ways to address a growing threat to its budget: aging county-owned buildings badly in need of repairs.

ASHTABULA, Ohio - Members of the Hispanic community are complaining that police in Ohio's northeast corner are targeting them on behalf of federal immigration agents.

His face pinched in a momentary wince, Stephen Koon's eyes screwed shut, he held his breath and took his H1N1 vaccination like a man.

Eight minutes after the new TriPoint Medical Center opened today at 7 a.m., the first patient walked in -- in labor.

Carole Lee Vanek, longtime fiscal officer for Kingsville Township, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness, said Dennis Huey, township trustees' chairman.

A former Conneaut Middle School music teacher accused of having sex with a high school student has pleaded guilty to two felony charges, according to Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records.

After many months of debate and study, the Austinburg Township sanitary sewer project received unanimous support from Ashtabula County commissioners at Tuesday afternoon's regular meeting.

WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon WALLY IS all dressed up in his pirate's costume Saturday at the Boo Wow Walk at Maple Ridge Golf Course.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon THE OLD section of this barn at the corner of Hayes and McClelland roads in Wayne Township is where the weapons for the raid on Harpers Ferry were stored in the summer of 1859.

Nico Morin's coffee-colored eyes peeked out from under a too-big firefighter's helmet Thursday morning, his chubby cheeks flushed with excitement.

Kent State University-Ashtabula will convene a public forum on H1N1 flu, originally known as swine flu, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

THE LATE Walter Jack's interest in history and artistic eye combine in this view-camera photo of what is believed to be the Furnace Road Bridge, which once stood in Conneaut.

Rubber ducky, you're the one. The Geneva Fire Department Explorer Post will hold a duck race Oct.

"Even though we had a swimming pool, the lake was in our front yard so we swam in that 99% of the time," said Camp Luther property manager Craig Danforth.

State Rep. Deborah Newcomb, D-Conneaut, said Ashtabula County has received $23.9 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, money known as stimulus funds.

The view is peaceful and serene. "Camp Luther is a special place in a lot of people's families." said Camp Luther Property Manager Craig Danforth.