Ravenna News

By Dave O'Brien Record-Courier staff writer In a recent sweep of the village, Windham police arrested nine alleged drug offenders - eight adults and one juvenile - on a total of 21 felony and eight misdemeanor charges.

A beautiful eulogy for a beautiful lady .. read by her family at her services Tuesday, November 17, 2009: Sheila Unsworth 1929-2009 Mom's Eulogy Sheila Unsworth was born 80 years ago in St Helens, England to Charlotte and Edward Furlong.

Photo from the Portage County Health Department Iris Earle, 2, gets the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine while being held by her mother, Angie Earle, both of Brimfield, at the high-risk clinic Saturday at Ravenna Elks Lodge.

A Ravenna Township woman charged in the drowning of two rabbits at a Chapel Hill Mall pet store in Akron pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to probation in Akron Municipal Court Thursday.

The Catholic War Veterans, Post 1325, Our Lady of Lourdes, were treated to a very special Veteran's Day breakfast at St.

Two men are awaiting a hearing in Stow Municipal Court after police charged them in connection with a fatal hit-skip case that killed a Ravenna motorcyclist in September.

These are the newest Howard Hanna listings on the market. The following list of homes for sale will be updated as new listings come on the market in Portage County.

On Monday, Twinsburg police arrested Ricky L. Melton, 55, of Stow, and Michael H. Rusu, 54, of Akron, in connection with the Sept.

A Randolph man, wanted by police after an Oct. 26 Portage County Drug Task Force raid at his residence uncovered a clandestine methamphetamine lab, was arrested Tuesday.

Ravenna H.S. grad Nicholas Blankshine ND2 U.S.N. was captured on AFN television in Sigonella Italy recently during a WWI memorial ceromony.

The Woodlands at Robinson, the Portage County-owned nursing home in Ravenna, is in financial distress and will need further propping up from the county's already strapped general fund.

The Portage County Health Department will host a free vaccination clinic for groups at high risk of contracting the H1N1 or "swine flu" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Ravenna Elks Lodge, 776 N. Freedom St.

The Portage County Suicide Prevention Coalition will host the Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day broadcast and conference, Nov.

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Freedom Township Trustee J.J. Leet first was elected to office in 1977, and won re-election seven more times thereafter for a total of 32 years.

From the curb, the house at 468 S. Walnut St. in Ravenna looks like it's in pretty good shape.

Just about everyone would agree that the memories you make in high school are priceless.

The simulated guts of an improvised explosive device lay scattered on a desk in the small house in Portage County.

For nearly 60 years, Russel J. Riemenschneider lived the life of a volunteer firefighter for the Rootstown Fire Department: He went on calls, put out fires, saved lives and gave countless hours to the fire station, his second home.

Streetsboro police arrested a 24-year-old man who they say he led police on a chase and then crashed into a cruiser, causing injuries to one officer.