Rome News

Betty Willet, 102 Nov. 15 Betty Willet will celebrate her 102nd birthday Nov. 15. She was born in Rome, Ohio, to Harry and Jetta Haun in 1907.

One year ago today, I was clearing out my office. I was in Ashtabula County , working as a field organizer for the Barack Obama campaign in Ohio.

A Somerset woman was killedin a one-vehicle accident around 5 a.m. Monday on Route 31, one-half mile east of White Horse Road in Allegheny Township.

Glancing at snapshots of a rescued dog, Ashtabula County Humane Society agent Donna Yan did a double-take. "I actually had to ask if the dog in the picture is the same dog we dropped off a couple of months ago," Yan said.

Jonathan Joy was 15 when he started his love affair with the theater. That is when he started taking the acting classes of Rebecca Payne at Chesapeake Schools.

's August cover story, " The Case for Early Marriage ," much impressed me. My husband and I commenced a life of hardship at ages 20 and 18, respectively.

Carlton R. Edwards, 86, of Pataskala, passed away at Mt. Carmel East Hospital on September 22, 2009.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners gave its support to a number of measures that, collectively, would protect more than 336 acres of county land from development.

Ashtabula County humane officers removed one dog and six puppies last week from a Price Road residence and plan to remove more dogs this week.

A Rome man who reportedly burglarized a gas station early Monday morning saw his escape scuttled by an empty gas tank, according to Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department deputies.

The Lawrence County Commission agreed Thursday to pursue both a grant and a loan to help pay for a piece of equipment at the Union Rome Sewer system, but they want to know what happened to federal funding for the rest of the project.

A three-car accident at the intersection of Route 46 and Route 6 closed both roads, and knocked down two utility poles Thursday evening.

The next time you are driving down the road and pass a stranded motorist, only to drive a short distance farther and pass an officer of the law, with lights flashing, while they write yet another traffic citation, ask yourself: Protecting our citizens or another 'revenue source,' or 'another citizen losing their rights'? I just concluded a ...

Maureen Dewing was walking her golden retriever Shamrock in the Anderson Dog Park when she began to wonder: What is that cement ruin that looks like scenery from Jurassic Park? About 100 miles away in Columbus, Carlo LoParo was working in an Ohio think tank a few months ago when he began thinking about something that had nothing to do with health ...

Divers from six fire departments searched a pond off Dorman Road late Sunday morning after the owner of the property discovered a crashed gate and vehicle tire tracks terminating in the 30-foot-deep water.

Many of Ashtabula County's covered bridges are well documented, making a list of 48 legacy bridges, including the 12 that have survived.

"Lord hear our prayer" was the theme of Orwell's National Day of Prayer celebration Thursday in Chaffee Park.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon BALL CAPS and shirts with the official Wine and Walleye Festival logo are now available for consumers.

He was sentenced to six months in the Ashtabula City Jail and must complete six months of unsupervised probation.

A massive brush fire kept 13 fire departments from Ashtabula and Trumbull counties busy for about six hours Sunday.