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Alliance man dies after hitting tire spikes during chase

Alliance man dies after hitting tire spikes during chase

By Malcolm Hall |CantonRep.com staff writer

CANTON TWP. —

A 46-year-old Alliance man, whom authorities say led police in Tuscarawas County on a high-speed chase, died Sunday night after crashing a pickup on Cleveland Avenue SE in southern Stark County.
Karl A. Atherton, who lived in the 500 block of S. Seneca Avenue in Alliance, was pronounced dead [...]

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Stark County second in state in deer-vehicle crashes

Stark County second in state in deer-vehicle crashes

By Lori Monsewicz | CantonRep.com staff writer

Drivers are more likely to collide with a deer in Stark than almost every other county in Ohio.
Stark had the second highest rate in the state last year for deer-vehicle crashes.
Authorities here were summoned to 630 crashes, according to the Ohio Insurance Institute.
Stark was topped only by Richland [...]

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Lake Township trustees meeting of Oct. 10

Lake Township trustees meeting of Oct. 10

By Mary Anne Kannam The Youngstown Vindicator

KEY ACTION  Agreed to send letters to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Ohio and U.S. EPAs to express their concerns about plans for an oil well on property near the Industrial Excess Landfill.
DISCUSSION  Trustees approved sending the letters after a crowd of about three dozen people [...]

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Uniontown residents rallying against drilling proposal

Uniontown residents rallying against drilling proposal

Residents unhappy about plans for an oil well on property across the street from the Industrial Excess Landfill are planning to storm Monday’s township trustees meeting.
Ohio Valley Energy, based in Youngstown, has applied for a permit to drill a directional well on property in the 12600 block of Cleveland Avenue NW. The land is on [...]

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Jackson Township Lions Club celebrates 51st Charter Night

Jackson Township Lions Club celebrates 51st Charter Night

The Suburbanite

The Jackson Township Lions Club recently celebrated its 51st Charter Night at the 356th Fighter Group Restaurant at Akron Canton Airport. The Club was chartered by Lions Clubs International in September 1960.
Guest speaker was new Jackson Local Schools Superintendent Chris DiLoreto. In his remarks to the Lions Club, he said Jackson Local Schools’ 5,800 [...]

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History of oil, gas drilling in Lake Township runs deep

History of oil, gas drilling in Lake Township runs deep

By Edd Pritchard
CantonRep.com staff writer
In a farm field on the east side of Maplegrove Avenue NE sits DS Yoder 4, an oil well that has been producing for more than 100 years.

It’s not Stark County’s oldest well. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources gives that honor to the “Frank Hartzell 1” well, which reached its [...]

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Uniontown man felt the world was going to end

By Mark Phillips
Special to The Repository
When I was a little kid, I thought Pearl Harbor was a woman’s name.
I remember watching an episode of “The Waltons” that centered on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
I wondered, why would the Japanese attack a woman? Who is she? It may sound silly, but sometimes, little kids don’t [...]

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Two drunken drivers collide near Stark County line in Uniontown

Two drunken drivers from Stark County collided just a half mile north of the county line late Thursday night, according to Ohio Highway Patrol troopers.
Neither was hurt.
A Canton man whose 34th birthday is Saturday and a 59-year-old Uniontown man were both cited, said Lt. William Weirtz in a news release Friday [...]

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