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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.

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

BILL WEST / Star Beacon MUSTAFA SILER is escorted to an Ashtabula police car by Lt.

A family of four lost their trailer home to a fast-moving fire Sunday night in the Willo Arms trailer park, leaving the family to watch helplessly as flames engulfed and gutted their living space.

Around 2,000 people attended a rally at the Geauga County Fairgrounds, denouncing the Democratic and Republican parties.

The Ashtabula Area City School Board awarded more than $38 million in construction contracts for the new elementary schools.

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

A stray dog who survived breast cancer is now inspiring her human friends in their fight for finding a cure.

The two new wire drawing lines in Ashtabula will produce wire for high production submerged arc welding applications.

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.

City Council voted unanimously Monday night to give an early Christmas present to area residents who listen to their meetings.

One of the winners of November's school board race may get some extra time in office.

At 6 a.m. Monday, the temperature was 29 degrees in Ashtabula in northeast Ohio, and it also was 29 in Zanesville in eastern Ohio, Hamilton in southwest Ohio and Newark in central Ohio.

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.

A garage sale on Halloween will give buyers a chance to pick up a few outdated and unneeded "treats" from Buckeye Local Schools.

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

A preliminary hearing for a Conneaut woman facing a felony charge in connection with an underage drinking party in her home, was continued at the request of her attorney.

Hannah Dennis' eyes got big as she studied the round plastic contraption in Ashtabula Fire Chief Ron Pristera's hand.

Ashtabula School Board member David C. Sheldon resigned abruptly late Thursday, two days after he did research that uncovered a conflict.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon ROSILYN PARKER works out at the Curves on West Prospect, Ashtabula, a five-day-a-week appointment she keeps with her sister.

Politics before public safety? That is the question, according to city and county officials who are scrambling to assure Ashtabula County residents get a prompt response when they dial 9-1-1. "We must have a constant here," Ashtabula County Commissioner Dan Claypool said Wednesday.

A Conneaut woman facing charges stemming from an underage drinking party at her home last week will appear in Conneaut Municipal Court next week, according to records.

The tough economy is taking its toll on recycling sites in the county, with cash-strapped residents using the containers as trash bins for household waste.

Trailer Choir is the most successful group signed to country superstar Toby Keith's Show Dog Records.

G. B. Community Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center will open the Ayn Rand classic "Night of January 16th" tonight and will play for three weekends.