Since creating McGuire Hay Sales LLC two years ago, Colleen Thompson said that one of her biggest obstacles had been reliable internet access. Only one year removed from switching to Spectrum, the 2002 Windham graduate’s family business has been on an upward trajectory, becoming a reliable hay provider. “It has...

Crestwood Red Devils’ junior Rocco Wrobel’s long-awaited state debut delivered, as he recorded a 2-3 record to finish in sixth place in the 126-pound bracket of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state meet last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center in Columbus. “After last year,...

The final games of JAG’s Unified Basketball season were held last Friday at James A. Garfield High School. “The program has been just awesome!” Abra Schweickert, Special Education Intervention Specialist at James A. Garfield High School shared.  This was the first season of the Unified program at JAG. Schweickert learned...

A year after taking third in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III district tournament’s 190-pound bracket, it was full steam ahead for Berkshire Badgers’ senior 190-pounder Danny Tiller, who went 4-0 to claim the district championship the 190-pound bracket last weekend at Independence High School. “It was great...

The Crestwood Red Devils boys’ basketball team’s historic surge in the second half was halted when they were defeated by Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division foe Chagrin Falls 70-51 in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division V Northeast 2 sectional championship last Saturday afternoon at the Ralph L....

Doug Velasquez is no stranger to working with small-town high school football programs and is ready to once again work his magic, having been formally announced as Cardinal’s new head football coach on Feb. 15. “The football program has been struggling and I have a passion for rebuilding things and...

This reporter has been covering beautiful Newton Falls, Ohio for a few years.  In that time, Ethel has come to love the town, the unique businesses, the community people and the lovely way it is nestled between two forks of a river.  It is a sentiment that is shared...

 On Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at noon, the first official clue will be released in what has become the largest publicly organized treasure hunt in the region’s history. The Newton Falls Treasure Hunt currently features over $28,000 in cash, gold, silver coins, and jewelry, with additional sponsorships still being accepted...

As the school year began last fall at Newton Falls Elementary School, an idea began to take shape. As a response to the impending Government shutdown and the need it would create for students and families, a team of caring staff was motivated to act.  “We saw it coming, and...

As small businesses across the country continue to face economic pressure and communities work to maintain vitality, Fieldview Acres Mercantile is taking a creative, community-wide approach to drawing attention back to the town as a whole. Fieldview Acres Mercantile, known locally as “The Merc,” has announced a long-term treasure hunt...

Joseph "Joe" L. Kaster, age 80, of Girard, Ohio, passed away on January 17, 2026, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Joe was born on April 12, 1945, in Warren, Ohio, to Joseph and Pearl Kaster. He was a graduate of Maplewood High School and later attended a technical...