Massillon News

William Jennings Bryan Dillon, 87, of Crystal Lake Rd., West Union, left this life on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in his residence surrounded by his loving family.

While some addicts choose to get clean on their own accord, some are sent to treatment centers or programs as part of a court order.

The Women's Board of Aultman Hospital has announced the following executive committee volunteers for its 45th year of operation: President Vicky Sterling, of Louisville; Vice President Gail Sterling, of Massillon; Corresponding Secretary Marilyn Putman, of... Already a subscriber to print? You have online access, too... at no additional expense! ... (more)

Gibson, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was one of the elite recruits on hand for Ohio State's Friday Night Lights at Ohio Stadium.

The university dismissed Jonathan Waters on Thursday after a two-month investigation concluded that he knew about but failed to stop rituals that included students being pressured to march in their underwear, sing lewd songs, and perform sexually themed stunts that yielded often explicit nicknames.

The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give.

Sharon Budd, center, of Lake Township, Ohio, is shown with family members. A neurosurgeon says Budd's condition is no longer life-threatening, but she remains in a medically induced coma.

WHS Class of 1994 is planning their 20th Reunion on NOVEMBER 1st, 2014 following the Massillon vs. Canton McKinley game.

All the love Sharon Budd has given in her life is coming back to her, said Leslie Foster, a best friend and fellow teacher at Edison Junior High School in Massillon, Ohio, in explaining the successful fundraisers and outreach from Ohio to Pennsylvania and beyond to the Budd family.

Appeal to separate Asian carp-infested water system from Great Lakes fails Ohio and four other Great Lakes states lost their second attempt Tuesday to force the federal government to develop a permanent separation to try to keep Asian carp out of the lakes.

Friends in Ohio have launched a fundraising campaign to help a long-time friend, Sharon Budd, who is in critical condition after she was t struck in the face by a rock thrown from an overpass as they was traveling along Interstate 80. "Our children grew up with the Budds' children," said Rick Bannister, of Columbus, Ohio, said Wednesday.

A 68-year-old Ohio man who said he acted out of love when he shot to death his ailing wife in her hospital bed died while serving his six-year sentence, his attorney and the state prisons department said today.

He was standing in the space, waiting for his wife to get back, when a man driving a black Ford pickup struck him from behind.

A Massillon Perry Schools teacher is in critical condition after a rock thrown from a highway overpass struck the car in which she was a passenger.

Snyder's-Lance Inc., Charlotte, NC, completed the sale of its Private Brands business, along with two manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada, to Shearer's Foods LLC, a leading provider of private-label snacks in Massillon, OH.

The third annual Down Home Gospel Southern Fest is planned for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 19 at Ronald Howard Gospel Music Center, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 2615 Prairie College St., S.W., in Canton.

Dorothy E. Richmond, 95, of Wellington, died Monday, July 7, 2014. She was born June 5, 1919 in Massillon, to the late John and Alexandria Kutz.

Gary Sigrist, a resident of the Canton-Massillon area of Ohio and three of his local golfing buddies -Tim Englert, Wes Sima and Bob Brown -saw an ad in their local newspaper, The Canton Repository, for 2 to 3 rounds of golf at the Golf Club of West Virginia and two nights at the Ramada Inn, located on Pike Street in Marietta.

Gary Sigrist, a resident of the Canton-Massillon area of Ohio and three of his local golfing buddies -Tim Englert, Wes Sima and Bob Brown -saw an ad in their local newspaper, The Canton Repository, for 2 to 3 rounds of golf at the Golf Club of West Virginia and two nights at the Ramada Inn, located on Pike Street in Marietta.

Snyder's-Lance Inc., Charlotte, NC, completed the sale of its Private Brands business, along with two manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada, to Shearer's Foods LLC, a leading provider of private-label snacks in Massillon, OH.