Cutler News

Some say other cuts could have been made to save money When Bartlett and Cutler Elementary students exit their school buildings on June 3, it won't just be for the summer.

“I wanted to walk for my brothers”

Hundreds of walkers came out to support the fight against cancer at Civitan Park in Belpre Friday and Saturday. via WTAP-TV Parkersburg

“And our incoming kindergarten classes are smaller than our graduating classes of 220 to 225 students. "Our total revenue per pupil is growing, but not at the same rate as our expenses”

By the numbers The total number of students in the Warren Local School District has decreased from 2,713 in fiscal 1998 to 2,590 in fiscal 2007. via Marietta Times

After being closed for more than a year, State Route 551 in Pike County has been re-opened at the Pee Pee Creek Bridge. via WCHI-AM Chillicothe

“I don't know anything about him, where he is, or why he is not there. It's not my day to watch him.”

A woman advised the police department at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday that she suspected her daughter was going to buy drugs. via Medina County Gazette

“My books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.”

Having grown up in Canandaigua, N.Y., I'm always struck at how rarely movies and television shows and other art forms capture the quality of life in a small town. via Massillon Independent

“In receiving them he was trying to reach out to all those who were affected by the sexual abuse crisis”

The clergy sex abuse scandal had exhausted American Catholics. After six years of painful revelations about guilty priests, apologies to victims, reforms and massive settlements, many hoped the issue could ... via Journal News

“Not as some ideal thing, but how can we really go about doing this?”

Emma Smith, 16, of Granville, plans to attend a youth rally with the pope in St. via Columbus Dispatch

“There's a lot of trust that's got to be involved, and it took them about a year to be able to build that trust to where somebody walks up and says, 'I think they buried him over there,'”

The father of a soldier who was abducted outside Baghdad and killed said military officials told him two men accused in the death have been sentenced to execution in Iraq for other crimes. via News Journal

Pope Benedict XVI is addressing the concerns of Roman Catholic leaders from Ohio during his U.S. visit. via WTOL-TV Toledo

Some students from Franciscan University in Steubenville are in Washington trying to get close to Pope Benedict with video cameras. via WDTN-TV Dayton

“I don't know how much of what we are told will be classified, but I think it's important that we know”

The parents of a captured soldier whose remains were recently found in Iraq are hoping to learn more about his death in a trip to Washington for briefings. via WBNS

County Engineer Doug Davis has more than 21 miles of road paving planned for this summer, as well as more ditching and chip-seal projects. via Central Ohio

The Southern Valley Colt Circuit has launched its Web site at www.svcolt.org . The site, still under construction by webmaster Philip Swatzel, has the list of nominations for the 11-fair circuit, located in ... via Hoof Beats

A judge has frozen the fight between the state's top elected officials and a tobacco prevention foundation over how best to use money originally designated to prevent smoking. via WKYC-TV Cleveland

“The financial preparedness of our nation's youth is essential to their well-being and of vital importance to our economic future”

WASHINGTON - Young people's financial know-how has gone from bad to worse. High school seniors, on average, answered correctly only 48.3 percent of questions about personal finance and economics, according to a ... via Coshocton Tribune

Council will talk @ CHIP Program,and working with the "Y" Washington C.H. City Council will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers. via WSRW-AM 1590 Hillsboro, Ohio

It is difficult to sort out the issues, charges and countercharges in a five-year-old whistleblower suit against Christ Hospital that federal officials intervened in last week, raising the possibility of a ... via Coshocton Tribune

Getting married? Get prepared Find resources for planning your wedding and local bridal shops and services. via Dayton Daily News

Preliminary data from a study paid for by DuPont shows elevated levels of a chemical used to make the nonstick coating Teflon in the blood of West Virginia and Ohio residents. via WDTN-TV Dayton