Wooster News

Alex Haimann is a young man who has truly gone postal. He says if a person will share three things about his or her life with him, the odds are he can relate it to a postage stamp or something connected with the U.S. Postal Service.

The Wooster Planning Commission opted to table a vote relating to a proposed new fire station after receiving a stack of evidence it did not have time to review.

A Massillon man pleaded guilty to robbing two pharmacies and a discount retail store in July with a pellet gun in an effort to fuel a drug habit.

The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force nabbed a fugitive wanted in Louisiana in downtown Wooster Tuesday.

Motorists on North Walnut Street responding to a large painted advertisement on the Nick Amster Building for salt and fertilizer may find themselves too late to take advantage of the offer -- by about 150 years.

Nearly 10 years to the day after it opened near Wooster, the Amish Door Wooster will serve its final meal Nov.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Photo By Joel Troyer photos/www.buydrphotos.com Arden Boyer , Nevin Troyer and Al Groover salute the flag during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Wayne County fairgrounds Wednesday.

More than 50 Girl Scouts helped fold, sort and salvage dozens of donated goods Saturday at Wooster Goodwill, part of Goodwill Good Turn Day.

Eight local banks and six local foundations/individuals have stepped forward to guarantee $400,000 funding to pay for four homes and needed renovations as part of the Howey House project.

For the 27th year, residents and visitors will gather on Public Square for a carol sing to welcome in the Christmas season.

Taking a page from the success Orrville has had in filling two large vacant buildings in recent months, Wooster's Tax Incentive Review Commission voted to extend a tax abatement on an Akron Road facility despite the fact that its tenant is well short of its job creation requirements.

Officials are conducting an arson investigation into a fire that caused severe damage to a South Walnut Street home.

Everyone knows something's going to happen Dec. 21, 2012. It's what that something is that's up for debate.

With the number of burglaries on the rise and residents likely to travel during the holidays, law enforcement officials are cautioning residents to take countermeasures against would-be burglars.

Adena Volleyball Coach Laura Smith is headed to the State Hall of Fame. The coach of 25 years, will be inducted into the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame during their State All Star Match Banquet in Wooster, Ohio November 21st.

Director Dan Adams said the Wooster High School Marching Band's skull session -- functioning as a pep rally -- with the Ohio State University band at OSU stadium "will put a little exclamation point on the season." "It will be a reward for all of hard work," Adams said of the performance happening today.

WOOSTER -- Soft, shadowy foothills dotted with traditional white farmhouses; weathered red barns tilted haphazardly on broad patchwork sweeps of green and hay-gold fields; small clusters of black and white cows grazing placidly in the distance ... it's all part of Moses Country.

The superintendent anticipates the district has already hit the top of the graph for student illnesses.

Four candidates are running for three positions on the Triway board. Two of them, Don Noble II and Tony Yacapraro, are current members.

Funding major street improvements through property assessments isn't the only avenue the city of Wooster has to obtain necessary funding, but most candidates for Wooster City Council agree that it is the best method to get things done.