Wayne County News

There will be an operating renewal levy for the Orrville Public Library on the March 6 ballot.

Two Republican candidates for Wayne County Sheriff talked about their lives, experience, qualifications and a host of issues at a Meet the Candidates event Thursday.

A Wooster man was back in court Monday following his apprehension by U.S. Marshals in Mississippi two weeks ago.

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.

Cloverleaf Local Schools' recent news may have hit a little close to home for districts scrambling to make budget cuts and to figure out any other means of avoiding looming deficits.

Photo By Dan Starcher Candidates for Wayne County sheriff and commissioner await the start of the Meet the Candidates event Thursday at the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Wooster.

Community Record notices must be received in writing at The Daily Record no later than 10 a.m. two days prior to publication.

Income tax collections posted increases in revenue for the city's general fund in 2011 over 2010 numbers.

Rittman was the first city in Wayne County to find and have to deal with a working methamphetamine lab in 2000.

Photo By Dan Starcher photos/www.buydrphotos.comVisitors packed into the June in January sale at Buchwalter Greenhouse Saturday for a chance to save money by pre-ordering spring outdoor items.

The public will have an opportunity to meet the candidates for the offices of Wayne County commissioner and sheriff at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

WOOSTER: The ethics of earth stewardship is the topic of a presentation at 7 p.m. today at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County, 3186 Burbank Road.

As Ohio plans how to use $45 million in its Local Government Innovation Fund, the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University provides replicable models of research that can help communities determine how to provide improved services while saving public money.

A Wooster man accused of stabbing his wife multiple times and severing one of her fingers was arrested early Wednesday near Marietta after a traffic stop on Interstate 77, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol and local jail officials.

On the same day state auditor Dave Yost announced the Cloverleaf Local School District is in fiscal emergency, the Colts lost their football coach.

In the Wayne County business community, Bennet Geiser has long been revered as an elder statesman.

Undoubtedly, the most famous resident of Wayne County during its earliest days of settlement was someone whom the vast majority of county residents today have never even heard of, even though he resided in Congress Township for 15 years.

Photo By Mike SchenkAssociate librarian Leah Mendenhall helps Sylvie Reamsnider put together a puzzle from the Wayne County Public Library's rotating toy collection.

The Wayne County Sheriff has put on their website and facebook page that they are looking for 45-year-old Brian Barrington.

The contracts will remain at the same level as 2011, Commissioner Scott Wiggam said.