Day: July 16, 2024

One person is dead after a shooting July 15 in Carroll County that involved an FBI officer. The FBI office in Cleveland released the following statement July 16 regarding the shooting, which occurred at about 11:15 a.m. “The FBI is reviewing an agent-involved shooting which occurred July 15, 2024, at approximately 11:15 am in Carrollton, Ohio. One subject was wounded and transported to a local hospital for further treatment where they succumbed

Two days after fire destroyed a 40×100-feet barn used to store hay and straw, smoke continued to escape from bales of hay exposed when the structure collapsed. Augusta Volunteer Fire Department Chief Charles Wright said his department was toned June 12 at 8:50 p.m. for a fully involved structure fire at 1235 Brush Rd., Minerva. “When we arrived, we found the barn fully involved in flames and partially collapsed,” Wright

Officials for the local group known as Pullin for a Cause recently presented a check for $68,926.80 to Akron Children’s Hospital, representing proceeds from the 2024 tractor pull. Maryann Smith, who along with her husband, Bud, head up the annual event, was on hand for the presentation along with pull volunteers Jennifer Cramer and Greg Young. The check was presented to Taylor Cooper, special events coordinator for Akron Children’s Hospital,

By Carol McIntire Editor Thanks to a local historian, the 154-year history of Carrollton High School is, as they say, “in the books.” It’s literally “in the books” thanks to Ronald J. (Ron) Colaprete, who recently finished and published a 400-plus page book that chronicles the history of the school back to its opening date on Nov. 15, 1869. The former history teacher spent the last three years searching historical