Massillon News

A spiritual messenger of the underworld, this Banshee does her best work above ground - 167 feet up, in fact - and then around and around .

The nail found in the truck tire of the man charged with killing two co-workers at a Kodiak Coast Guard facility likely was inserted mechanically, not picked up along a roadway, a tire expert said Monday.

LAGRANGE - Keystone displayed all the traits of a championship-caliber softball team Friday in its 4-0 non-conference win over Massillon Jackson.

Two Stark County men are facing criminal charges for a series of break-ins that extended into and beyond Holmes and Wayne counties.

Tiffany Beatty and Matt Ui of Massillon look for oncoming traffic as they consider crossing state Route 18 at Flight Memorial Parkway in Copley Township.

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One of the next things on the Stark County commissioners' list of growing concerns is the fact that federal grant funding for the county's hazmat team appears to be drying up.

Born in Massillon, Ohio where every newborn boy has a football with the high school colors placed in their bassinet, Patrick Sweany was instead drawn to an electric guitar and rock and roll.

The City of Massillon will host a Town hall meeting Wednesday April 2nd from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lions Lincoln Theatre, 156 Lincoln Way E. City regarding the proposed aquarium/water park on 22 acres of land at Legends of Massillon.

The 2014 edition of the Men's Rally in the Valley features Phil Robertson of the "Duck Dynasty" smash hit television series on A&E.

Abby M. Snyder, 28, Main Street, Hanoverton, was driving north on Gavers Road in Hanover Township at 6 a.m. Wednesday and was stopped at the intersection of Gavers Road and U.S. Route 30 when she was rear-ended by Eric S. Cook, 28, Fort Myers, Fla.

The Massillon Tiger Baseball Booster Club is now offering tickets to the public for the non-profit Steak Dinner-Reverse Raffle that will be held April 12th at the Eagles 190.

After Coxey's Army marched 400 miles through Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland to Washington, the protestors numbered more than 16,000.

Jacob S. Coxey formed Coxey's Army and marched to Washington, DC in 1894, demanding Congress apportion funds to create jobs.

George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by the Continental Congress.

This week, Marietta College students will learn about and experience aspects of poverty by participating during Hunger and Homelessness Week, which is coordinated for the first time at Marietta through Shake America, a student organization that addresses social justice issues.

A company led by two Walsh University graduates is proposing to build a $52 million indoor aquarium and waterpark with a retractable dome on city-owned property along U.S. Route 30. The 120,000-square-foot facility, which also would house a convention center, restaurants and a brewery, would focus on education and conservation.

A 17-year-old Massillon girl was hit and killed while crossing the street about 3:45 p.m. Friday.

A 17-year-old Massillon girl was killed Friday afternoon when she was struck by a car in the intersection of West Lincoln Way and Lillian Gish Boulevard.

Crime is on the rise today, but controversy took the day off, unless the 'paleolithic' diet angers you.