Tiro News

BUCYRUS -- Savannah Harris, 6, of Tiro, had the best birthday of her young life Monday night.

TIRO - Five people were injured in a two-car accident on Ohio 96 at Baker Road in Crawford County's Vernon Township Thursday morning.

Angie and Troy Adkins don't mind working the bingo game at the Tiro Auburn Firefighters Festival.

Tamara Brunson, 52, 100 Robinson St., Tiro, was eastbound in the Sunoco parking lot heading toward North Sandusky Avenue when she says her brakes failed when the vehicle she was driving collided with a ...

MANSFIELD -- Hayden Barker's hair is the inspiration for the logo his car will bear during the North Central Ohio Soap Box Derby.

Tiro Auburn Fire Department Chief Charles Roub says mutual aid was provided by Liberty and Jefferson Township Fire Departments and firefighters from New Washington. via WMFD-TV Mansfield

“This is so nice to have something for the older people to meet friends”

Sunday proved to be worth the 76-year wait for Madeline Taddeo. The Mansfield woman not only attended her first prom at St. via News Journal

BUCYRUS POLICE THURSDAY INCIDENT - Brad A. Mullins, 29, 502 E. Rensselaer St., was issued citations for failure to yield and failure to reinstate when the vehicle he was driving was stopped by police on ... via Telegraph-Forum

“It is not sinking into these young fellas. This incident is going to cost this young guy tens of thousands of dollars to pay for the damage ... He will start off with a mortgage before he even owns a house.”

HOME INVASION: Maureen Wilson, 76, is in despair after a car pursued by police destroyed the front of her home and her well-tended garden. via Manawatu Evening Standard

“Their commitment to each other and their passion to help others is a model we can all take to heart.”

Glen and Susie Cole enjoy being volunteers. "It gives us something to do and we enjoy meeting people," Glen said. via Central Ohio

SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. -- Former Tiro resident Dana H. Dick Shull, 88, of Sun City West, Ariz., died Thursday, Feb. via News Journal

“I have an interest in history. This group meets quarterly. We get so busy living our lives and we are losing some of our history if we do not record it while people are still around to tell it”

"I have never been to this before. Any type of history interests me so I wanted to come and listen to the stories," Rossington said Saturday at the Tellin' Tales event at Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center. via Central Ohio

MANSFIELD -- David Eckstein, 67, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. He passed away suddenly, doing what he loved, and went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ. via News Journal

The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is investigating two unrelated deaths during the weekend. via Central Ohio

TIRO -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Office was investigating Saturday night the death of a 17-year-old male in the Tiro area. via News Journal

“Mayor Dan Ross and I went. Mr. Coffey's nephew, John, called me personally Thursday evening to tell me he had passed away. I felt that we should attend the funeral for the family”

Randy Eicher of the Crawford County Veteran's Hall of Fame, is glad he went to the funeral of 109-year-old J. Russell Coffey on Saturday. via Central Ohio

“Meth abusers exhibit extreme chronic effects and are prone to paranoia and violence among other physical characteristics.”

Meth-amphetamine presents special risks for law enforcement. "Meth labs are extremely dangerous and volatile given the chemicals and methods used to manufacture the drugs," METRICH Commander Lt. via Central Ohio

“He was our most famous resident that's for sure.”

J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. via Central Ohio

“When I came out of the war I was bitter and hard to be around”

MIFFLIN -- As a minister and man of God, Robert Hall can only compare Iwo Jima in 1945 to the worst place he knows. via News Journal

“He tells the story of driving his car on the newly made roads that went to Iowa to pursue a job there. That was when Iowa was a territory and not a state”

He was born in Tiro, Ohio -- before there was electricity. Today, he gets an occasional autograph request or a visit from someone wanting to know more about his life. via WTOL-TV Toledo