Smithville News

Ohio Department of Transportation District 3 is moving forward with a plan to improve three curves along state Route 585 between Wooster and Smithville.

We must have struck a chord. Our recent articles about lost-and-found keepsakes have generated a lot of comments.

A few thoughts from the week in sports ... Smithville is a small school with some big-time moments in its sports history.

A memorial service, to celebrate the life of James Charles Noble, Jr., 68 of Newark, will be held on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 1:00 PM at the Criss-Schoedinger Funeral Home, 179 Granville Street, Newark, with Rev.

A "Safety Corridor" along the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad in Wayne County will see five grade crossings upgraded with modern flashing lights and gates.

Smithville's Andrew Scruggs had a career-low round, but it wasn't enough for the Smithies to pull an upset of Wayne County Athletic League leader Waynedale Tuesday.

He hasn't done much athletically since late last year, but Derek Orr still accomplished something that hasn't been done at Smithville High since 1981.

Large multi-paneled billboards along Friendsville Road have drawn the ire of some residents who've expressed to city administrators they want them removed.

Betty Boreman of Wooster and Nanka Pearce of Berea watch as nationally noted quilting authority Karen Phillips Swallon from Grindstone, Pa., demonstrates complex embroidery stitches at a workshop held during Smithvillea s Heritage Days.

Charles Hostetler and Joe Irvin hold a wooden turning lathe Hostetler donated to the Smithville Historical Society.

Cassie Sheely couldn't believe she made the top four. So when her name was called as the winner of "Quota Idol" on Saturday during the finals of the competition at Wooster High School's Performing Arts Center, she was in utter disbelief.

Talk with Paul Vance for only a short period of time, and it becomes apparent that one lifetime is probably not enough for him to pursue his plethora of varied and diverse pursuits.

Before the flecks of white powder hidden under their ceremonial caps could hit the ground, the dust had settled on the high school careers of the 2009 graduating class at Northwestern.

It was an even bet who would be telling whom to get her homework done in the Moline household in Smithville this year.

EDMO Distributors, a distributor of avionics, avionics test equipment, installation, and pilot supplies now carries Rudder Pedal Extensions manufactured by Saircorp/Flight Boss Ltd.

Elmer Good, 92, of Orrville, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at his home after a brief illness.

The Baltic family a ' Adam , Megan, Milan, Eli, Madalyn, Molly, Amy and Cooper a ' stand in their soon-to-be tilled garden along state Route 585.