Massillon News

Those lyrics from Bruce Springsteen's "Youngstown" lament the fall of industrialism in the United States, and specifically of the steel mills in Youngstown.

A notorious story that became known as the "caged kids" case after 11 young children were rescued from an Ohio home nearly a decade ago has gotten to its final chapter.

A total of 625 fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade students competed in the 2014 Stark County Math Tournament Saturday at Massillon Washington High School.

Local union blasts Summit County Children Services for creating new executive position instead of hiring more social workers [The Akron Beacon Journal :: ] Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 01--A new hire by the executive director of Summit County Children Services has the union up in arms, who would rather see more social workers hired than ... (more)

COLUMBUS - A painful defeat can linger in the mind for a long time, but Friday night Black River coach Corey Kline put a limit on how long senior Sebastian Vidika could think about last season's semifinal loss.

A daughter of the late Frank Hall and Bernice Busby Case, Eleanor was born Dec. 29, 1935 in Wheeling, WV.

A Massillon man was killed in a crash early Friday morning on state Route 241. Samuel P. Hittle, 52, Mollane Northwest, was pronounced dead at the scene less than a half-mile north of the village limits, according to the Wooster Post of the State Highway Patrol.

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In 1943, Nelly Zygmunt and her mother hid from the Nazis with a sympathetic Christian family in Lwow, Poland, as the Holocaust swept other Jews to certain death in concentration camps during World War II.

Ashland University's master of business administration degree program will host several open houses this spring at its MBA program locations.

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Pauline A. Kanary , 87, of Doylestown, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 13, 2014, at Summa Barberton Hospital.

While revisions to language in the city's firearm and handgun control ordinance initially seemed simple, the issue has become more complicated.

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The days when baseball came in two colors, black and white, will be explored Feb. 25 in the Massillon Museum 's monthly Brown Bag Lunch program.

Representatives of the Massillon Museum who visited France last November and returned on a quest for information about the families of Stark County soldiers killed during World War II, included, from left, Joshua Coon, Judy Paquelet, Charles Paquelet, Alexandra Coon and Trisha Merchant.

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We already knew a decent amount about Mark Kozelek - the insanely prolific, inimitably morose frontman for the legendary Red House Painters and now Sun Kil Moon, a man whose oeuvre includes full-LP tributes to both AC/DC and Modest Mouse, who has acted in Steve Martin's , who's not shy when it comes to expressing grievances about his critics or ... (more)

The widow of an exotic animal owner who released dozens of creatures from their eastern Ohio farm before killing himself has told state officials that she has relocated five animals that survived the 2011 incident.