Canton News

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.

An Ohio teacher was in critical condition Tuesday after police say some teenagers deliberately dropped a rock from a highway overpass onto the windshield of the family's car as they drove through Pennsylvania on their way to New York City.

The Rev. O.J. and Beverly Thompson of Smithville will celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary on Monday.

Randy Budd was in the back seat of his car being driven by his daughter on Interstate 80 Thursday evening when, he said, "I thought the car exploded."

Canton trial nears in slaying of Pearl Harbor survivor Police believe he started a fire to cover up the slaying.

Football fans, today marks three weeks until the preseason opener in Canton, Ohio where the Buffalo Bills will square off against the New York Giants.

A Washington Township man who exchanged gunfire with Alliance and Stark County law enforcement died hours ago at a Canton hospital.

Steven Grimo was the band director at Wachusett Regional High School for just five years, but the impact he had on his students and on the school's music program continues, nearly 30 years after his departure.

Ivan Joseph Hunter, 69, of Chatham Township, passed away unexpectedly at Lodi Community Hospital on Thursday, July 10, 2014.