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It was only a small step in the long road to recovery, but the Ohio woman has been out of bed for the first time since she was critically hurt when a rock smashed the windshield of a car on Interstate 80. Sharon Budd, 52, remains in a medically induced coma , but nurses at the Geisinger Medical Center near Danville helped her into a reclining chair ... (more)

Louise Strahan, mother of Michael Strahan, actually beat her son into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

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An important step to modernize the nation's workforce system and ensure that all U.S. workers and businesses have the skills they need to succeed in today's economy has been taken with the recent passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for the next six years.

Creative Painters, located at 1521 Georgetown Road in Suite 201, is a 29-year-old business doing work for customers from Canton to Cleveland.

North Canton, Ohio - Premier Bank & Trust announces that Jim Tressel submitted his resignation from the Ohio Legacy Bank and Premier Bank & Trust board of directors, after serving on both boards for over two years.

Alliance council agreed to participate in a coalition with Canton and Stark County officials that netted another $600,000 for the rehabilitation of brownfields.

The City of North Canton has issued a missing adult alert Tuesday evening for a woman in her late 70's UPDATE: Missing woman from North Canton found safe The City of North Canton has issued a missing adult alert Tuesday evening for a woman in her late 70's Check out this story on WKYC.com: http://on.wkyc.com/1rBoAqu Police said that, at 8:23 a.m., ... (more)

A new superintendent, preparations under way for what will amount to a new high school, and now a new director of curriculum.

A Canton woman was killed Saturday morning when a tractor-trailer collided with a motorcycle on which she was a passenger.

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The Fulton County Board of Supervisors recently authorized a $427,927 county contract with Alcatel-Lucent of Wall, N.J., for microwave hardware, engineering and installation for the county's interoperable radio communications project.

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame says beer will be served for the first time at the northeastern Ohio venue's annual enshrinement festival.

Canton, OH, United States - Longtime Buffalo Bills coach and Hall of Famer Marv Levy will tell the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame attendees why he gave inductee Andre Reed the nickname "YAC"."

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In this Friday, June 19, 2009 file photo, Johnny Winter plays during the Canton Blues Festival 2009 in downtown Canton, Ohio.

In this Friday, June 19, 2009 file photo, Johnny Winter plays during the Canton Blues Festival 2009 in downtown Canton, Ohio.

The competition may still be stiff, but the unemployment rates in the state and in the county continue to drop, according to a report from Monica Gwin of OhioMeansJobs.

Elizabeth Owens, from Ruabon, and Donna Phillips-Sluss, of Canton, Ohio in the United States, become penfriends at the age of just 13 in 1961.