Wadsworth News

A northeastern Ohio city that has been without its iconic Civil War statue for more than seven decades is getting a duplicate in time for the community's bicentennial celebration this year.

A northeastern Ohio city that has been without its iconic Civil War statue for more than seven decades is getting a duplicate in time for the community's bicentennial celebration this year.

Duane Calvert Stormer, 68, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Born in Wadsworth January 7, 1946, to Kenneth and Martha Stormer, he grew up in River Styx and graduated from Wadsworth High School.

WADSWORTH: City Council on Tuesday agreed to provide city services to an expected 280-acre annexation request by PJS Properties LLC and the Stone Brothers Farms.

Wadsworth Municipal Court Judge Steve McIlvaine presented the court's annual report at the Sharon Board of Trustees meeting Feb. 25. McIlvaine said the court handled 8,433 new cases in 2013, 340 cases less than in 2012.

The Ashland University Alumni Association will bestow its annual recognition awards at an Awards Luncheon on March 29 at 11:30 a.m. in Myers Convocation Center.

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The statue, a depiction of a boy with a leaking boot taking water to Civil War soldiers, was installed in the Medina County community in the late 1800s.

Medina's gazebo and Public Square will be filled with American flags for Gov. John Kasich's fourth State of the State address Feb. 24 at the Performing Arts Center at Medina High School.

"We're just looking at doing something to commemorate the city's bicentennial this year," department spokesman Lt.