Ontario News

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar had 23 new waitresses Monday night. The 23 Miss Ohio contestants were celebrity servers, collecting donations for the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program from 5 to 7 p.m. at the restaurant's Stander Avenue, Mansfield, and Lexington-Springmill Road, Ontario, locations.

MedCentral Health System would lose its independent autonomy -- but patients could access an expanded specialized treatment at their hometown hospital, plus gain "seamless" transfer to Columbus for the most complex issues -- under a plan to affiliate with OhioHealth.

The former Carolyn Joann Greene and Leslie A. Shook were married June 7, 1963, in Mansfield, Ohio.

Kenneth R. Bentley, 55, of Shelby, is charged with one count of rape in connection with a May 22 incident, according to Shelby Municipal Court records.

A line of severe storms hit the Midwest Wednesday. North Central Ohio was affected by the storms.

Starting Monday in Ashland County, Ruggles Township Road 346, between County Road 1281 and Ohio 60, will be closed for a culvert replacement.

Semi driver Bobby Clowers had a hiccup in his trip -- hauling concrete molds from Ontario, Ohio, to St. Louis -- when his load didn't clear the Virginia Avenue overpass on Interstate 65/Interstate 70 near the south split.

The building's front doors are locked at 4 p.m.

A heart-warming documentary movie called "The United States of Autism" will be shown in Ontario, if enough tickets can be sold.

Moving in is underway for the District 5 Area Agency on Aging, into its new digs at Hawkins Corner, the former Hawkins Market at Park Avenue West and Lexington- Springmill Road in Ontario.

Plans to build a monument from the sandstones that once made up the Civil War era Rock Road bridge in Ontario are on hold while more money is raised.

Smog is back in town after a four-year absence, a reminder that there are no quick and easy roads to clean air.

The Richland County Board of Elections will be wrapping up the final results Tuesday from the May 7 primary election with the count of provisional ballots.

Ontario police and Springfield Township firefighters want to make Ontario a safer place to live.