by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Local News
The city of Wooster is looking to apply for a pair of grants through the Ohio Department of Development’s Community Block Grant Program. A $150,000 grant would be used to enhance and expand the city’s transportation services for low-to-moderate income residents The... by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Local News
The annual Spring Festival and Auction is coming up this weekend at the Holmes County Board of Developmental Disabilities campus, in Holmesville. Proceeds from the event, now in its 46th year, will benefit Holmes County children and adults with developmental... by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Local News
Walnut Hills Retirement Community, in Walnut Creek, will hold a Community Cookout and Cruise-In Car Show next week. The free event will take place on Thursday, May 16th, from 11am-1pm, and is being held in conjunction with National Nursing Home Week, which runs from... by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Local News
Wooster’s Westminster Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a medical debt forgiveness campaign. Beginning in late February, Westminster initiated a Mustard Seed campaign to forgive medical debt for residents in Wayne and surrounding... by Ron Hamilton | May 7, 2024 | Local News
The annual Secrest Arboretum Plant Discovery Day plant sale is happening this weekend in Wooster. This year’s sale is set for Saturday, from 9am to 1pm, at the Secrest Welcome Center. The sale will feature hundreds of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, planters and... by Ron Hamilton | May 6, 2024 | Local News
After eight years of planning, ground has officially been broken for the new Wayne County Jail. The two-phase project, which is expected to cost nearly $60 million and take roughly three years to complete, had its ceremonial groundbreaking last week in Wooster, in... by Ron Hamilton | May 6, 2024 | Local News
The city of Wooster will be celebrating the Seaman Corporation’s 75th anniversary tomorrow morning with the dedication of a commemorative plaque. Mayor Bob Reynolds will oversee the dedication, which will take place at 9:30am, under the city’s downtown pavilion on... by Ron Hamilton | May 6, 2024 | Local News
A group interested in preserving Rittman’s restored railroad station will present its plan tomorrow night at the Rittman Public Library. In addition to drumming up support for the preservation project, the group will also talk about the history of the station. The... by Ron Hamilton | May 6, 2024 | Local News
A local firefighter is being recognized by the state. Shawn McKelvey, assistant chief and fiscal officer for the South Central Fire District, in Fredericksburg, was recently named the Fire Officer of the Year by the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of... by Ron Hamilton | May 3, 2024 | Area Sports
Paolo Banchero scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Orlando Magic overcome Donovan Mitchell’s 50 points and hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 on Friday night to force a decisive Game 7 in their first-round NBA playoff series. Three...