Sugarcreek News

The Allen's hummingbird that has been sipping sugar water at Mae Miller's house in Sugarcreek for more than a week looks similar to a more common rufous hummingbird.

SUGARCREEK -- Kristen Troyer scored 18 points and three others nearly reached double figures as the Lady Pirates topped Newcomerstown.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office Dec. 2 Total inmates, 53; males, 47; females, 6. Complaints Dec.

Culinary gifts are always appreciated, including edible delights, cooking gadgets, multimedia, or little culinary books.

COSHOCTON: Hazel E. Eick, 88, Autumn Health Care Center and formerly of Fresno passed on at 4:05 p.m., Saturday, November 28, 2009 surrounded by her loving family at the Care Center.

A northern Ohio bank is preparing to open its first Dayton-area branch. The Old Fort Bank ing Co.

Miriam Miller, because she's Old Order Amish, lives without electricity. As a result, the kitchen in her tidy two-story house on a small farm in the heart of Ohio's Amish country is dimly lit on a rainy Friday afternoon.

Ohio is home to the world's largest Amish community. Although there are small communities of Amish scattered around the state the largest concentration is located near Holmes County, above and to the east of Columbus.

The Sugarcreek Board of Trustees recently allowed 11.5 acres of township property along little Sugarcreek Road to be annexed by the city of Bellbrook without dispute.

COSHOCTON -- Army Pvt. Mike Aragon, son of Tawnii Aragon of Baltic, has graduated basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

Sugarcreek Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm at 120 Lakeside Drive at 8:06 a.m. Thursday.

Two sets of skid marks scar a bend in State Route 651 just east of the village of Baltic in Holmes County.

SUGARCREEK, Ohio - Nestled in Ohio's Amish country, Bill Belden's 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region's rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

MILLERSBURG -- The third and final contest of the Ohio Swiss Cheese Association's competition to determine this year's Grand Champion Cheese Maker was Sept.

SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County - This time it's the Sugarcreek Local school district's turn to deal with the repercussions from a performance audit by the Ohio Auditor of State.

The latest edition of The Budget had just hit newsstands and Amish family mailboxes, and already fresh updates were pouring in.

SUGARCREEK -- Chase Willis carded 72 as Strasburg claimed the Inter-Valley Conference title with 299 Thursday at Willandale Golf Course.

SUGARCREEK - Steve Hammond posted a winning time of 17:14, and Jacob Stevens followed in second at 17:15 as River View won an invitational Tuesday at Garaway.

For two weeks this summer, Jessica Best, a 22-year-old journalist from Wales, fell into that role as the intern at The Budget of Sugarcreek, Ohio, a weekly that is the largest newspaper serving the Amish.

SUGARCREEK -- The Sugarcreek Business Association has formed a new business advisory board for new or existing businesses in the Sugarcreek area to give them advice on a number of topics.