Stark County News

PERRY TOWNSHIP, STARK COUNTY, Ohio -- A 40-year-old Massillon woman was pronounced dead early this morning when her truck hit a utility pole.

North Canton Middle School got a $500 grant from ArtsinStark this year to help students learn more about medieval history and art.

About 10 years ago -- after his sons were grown -- he pedaled back into the sport and brought his son Matt of Stow along with him.

Just a few years ago, he was the top high school football player in Ohio. Now, 20-year-old Erick Howard is going to prison for 30 years.

A Editor's note: North Canton Patch will have further coverage of today's sentencing hearing following this update.

Joshua M. Middleton and Samantha L. Woolf, both of Alliance, were arrested on Monday for allegedly operating a mobile meth lab with their 16-month-old child in the back seat of the vehicle.

ALLIANCE: A school district in Stark County has received a check of about $51,000 from a state fund that holds onto unclaimed monies until rightful owners can be found.

A slap happy patient was arrested at Mercy Medical Center Saturday afternoon. Canton Police report Christine Justice, 49, arrived at Mercy Medical Center for treatment around 3:21 p.m. While being treated, Justice slapped a hospital employee.

In 1813, frontiersman and Indian fighter Adam Poe decided to leave his cabin on the Beaver River in Columbiana County and follow two of his sons to Wayne County.

Review Photo/Ed Hall, Jr. Alliance Police detective Mike Jones answers questions from assistant prosecutor Dennis Barr about Jeremy Stutler Friday morning in Canton.

Football recipient Erick Howard was found guilty of taking part in an Aug. 20 home invasion and rape.

The four men accused Wednesday of stealing scrap and trespassing at a Summitville junkyard had bond increased on Thursday after each were found to have extensive criminal histories.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Chryssa Hartnett called her last witness this morning in the case of Erick M. Howard, who's accused of breaking into the home of a North Canton couple, tying them up and robbing them Aug.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirms to Fox 8 News that a school bus with students aboard was involved in an accident this morning in Stark County.

A A 21-year-year-old North Canton woman recounted the most terrifying night of her lifeA before a full courtroom.

A North Canton woman and former employee of the North Canton YMCA is scheduled to appear in court this week after being indicted on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated theft.

Police are searching for a gunman suspected of robbing a restaurant, video rental store, and two gas stations overnight in Stark County.

Police say alcohol may have played a role in a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle that slammed into the back of a buggy carrying a family of eleven.

CANTON: A state official alerted the Stark County Board of Elections in July about flawed ballot language in a Lake Township police levy that was approved in November but successfully challenged in court.

Erick Howard, as seen during a 2009 interview with Fox 8 News, has rejected a plea deal of 12-years in prison offered by Stark Co.