Plymouth News

Today's column is the 16th in a series about garden clubs in the greater Mansfield area.

Due to an anticipated 50% reduction in state funding over the two-year budget cycle, the Mansfield-Richland County Public Library system is being forced to close some of their locations and drastically cut hours elsewhere.

PLYMOUTH -- This village's 23 volunteer firefighters opened the doors to their Portner Street fire station to promote free CPR classes, show off the squad's new truck and meet the public.

These marriage license applications were filed in Richland County Probate Court between June 1 and June 5: Troy Collins of Plymouth, 52, factory worker, and Molly Mae Boggs of Plymouth, 28, factory worker.

University-College Access Network of Richland County serves students in six Richland County school districts.

A series of public meetings are being held to address a service fee being imposed on the residents of Richland County to raise money for some EPA mandates at the former landfill on Carnis Road.

Shelly Vargas is angry. Seemingly out of nowhere Friday, about 10 Richland County sheriff's deputies surrounded her home and arrested her sons, one on drug charges and the other on a warrant issued in Kansas.

The Richland County Division of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force has arrested a man wanted in Johnson County Kansas for felony unlawful sexual relations with a juvenile.

PLYMOUTH -- The Richland County Division of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Daniel S. Aguado, 22, at a Plymouth residence Friday.

PLYMOUTH -- Residents took turns questioning the governing board of the Richland County Regional Solid Waste Management Authority in a public meeting Thursday night.

A Plymouth man convicted of shooting his wife and stepdaughter with a shotgun on Christmas Day was sentenced to a minimum 20 years in prison Tuesday after a plea deal.

PLYMOUTH: Eda M. Briggs, age 92, resident of Plymouth, Ohio, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Willard Health Care Center in Willard, Ohio.

The following people were sentenced recently in Richland County Common Pleas Court: Patrick E. Joplin, 45, 237 Hillside Circle, Apt.

MANSFIELD - The Richland County Sheriff's Department was looking Friday for a suspect who pointed a gun at three people Thursday night at Mom's Burgers.

Montrose Chrysler in Louisville was announced by the restructured Chrysler-Fiat company on Thursday as one of its 789 dealerships that will be eliminated from its network.

Area news briefs: Benefit planned for Shelby resident Mansfield The city has run out of compost and closed the give away program.

Friends Meeting WOOSTER -- The Wooster Friends Meeting will continue discussions on Quaker beliefs and practices at 12:15 p.m. Sunday with a discussion of the unity of creation, the interconnectedness of creation and our obligations toward maintaining that creation.

RICHLAND COUNTY - Trustees in Plymouth, Worthington and Troy townships can breathe easier now that Tuesday's votes are in.

Prom season is in full swing across north central Ohio. Check out our prom photos and then post your own! We posted more than 250 photos Saturday from prom events at Shelby, Plymouth and Colonel Crawford high schools.

PLYMOUTH: I. Gene Kraft, age 73, resident of Opdyke Rd., Plymouth died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at MedCentral / Mansfield Hospital following a brief illness.