William N. Steel, 81, of Oberlin, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Mercy Allen Hospital. Bill was co-owner and operator of the Apollo Theater and Starview Drive Inn in Norwalk with his late wife Arlene and brother Sanders Steel for many years. He was an avid fisherman and golfer with a 10 handicap. He is […]
John Edwin Brice II, of Oberlin, 62, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at Mercy Allen Hospital. John was the area manager at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 32 years before retiring in 1999. John was a member of Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Oberlin. He enjoyed building model railroads and watching trains. He mostly […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several Republican state senators have been reviewing for weeks the idea of repealing Ohio's new elections law that trims early voting days in the presidential battleground state and makes other election changes, the leader of Ohio's Senate said Thursday. The law has been on hold until voters can decide in November […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned. In its investigation, the CIA's inspector general faulted the agency for sending an officer to New […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut mayor who made a quip about tacos when asked what he could do for his town's besieged Latino community has no plans to step down, though calls for his resignation grew Thursday in his community and statewide. East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. apologized for the comment made during […]
The win streak is up to five. The Phoenix boys varsity basketball team held off Lutheran West Friday night for a 68-64 victory in a Patriot Athletic Conference matchup. The win was the fourth straight for the Phoenix, who haven’t lost in the 2012 calendar year, and was the team’s first home win of the season. […]
When the Underground Railroad Center finally opens up in the Gasholder building in a few years, the center will have some artwork to hang on its walls. During the half-time of the varsity boys basketball game at Oberlin High School, art students presented three murals they painted, each depicting different parts of Oberlin’s role in the […]
MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) — After 19 years running state unemployment offices across northern Missouri, Steve Moore can rattle off the names of shuttered factories in this old railroad town with ease. There's Matcor Automotive, a parts manufacturer that at its peak employed 300 workers but closed in June 2010 in response to declining production by General […]