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Wayne County has already seen more car crashes in 2021 than in all of 2020.

Wayne County Commissioners approved the funding request aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and serious injury crashes at its May 19 meeting.

KILLBUCK High water on the roads in and around the village caused by Sundays heavy rains likely wont recede until later this week. Its nothing that residents havent experienced almost every year at this time. "Ive lived here for five years. My wife has grown up here her whole life. Its been like this ever since Ive known," said Daniel Blankenship, who lives on Water Street and whose residence was nearly underwater on Monday. Blankenship said Sundays flooding, brought on by roughly a weeks wort...

Rainy weather on Sunday will cause issues throughout the week due to rivers and creeks cresting beyond their banks and causing flooding along multiple roadways in the tri-county area. County engineer offices and sheriff departments issued warnings to drivers throughout the area to beware of high water and "to turn around, dont drown." Not all drivers heeded the call with multiple vehicles caught up in the flooding on roads in low-lying areas. Trees down and water rising The National Weather Se...

Culvert replacement to begin on Bates Road Bates Road in Chester Township will be closed for five days between state Route 250 and Smithville Western Road beginning Monday for a culvert replacement projects, according to the Wayne County Engineers Office. The recommended detour is Route 250 to Elyria Road to Smithville Western Road, and reverse. Detour signs will be posted. Culvert replacement on state Route 95 State Route 95, just east of South Jefferson Road, will close Monday, May 17,...

Wayne County road projects The Wayne County Engineer’s Office will service over 135 miles of county roads this year. It also plans to replace nine large culverts. Projects currently disrupting traffic are on Dalton Fox Lake Road and South Elyria Road. Dalton Fox Lake Road (County Road 32) between Church Road and Burkhard Road Project: Culvert replacement Time frame: 30 days Detour: Traveling on Church Road, turn north onto state Route 94 then east onto Burton City Road. Reverse the directions...

Wooster Daily Record BURTON CITY - Orrville Fire Department and EMS, Wooster Post of the State Highway Patrol and Wayne County Sheriffs Office responded Tuesday afternoon to a tractor-trailer in a ditch off Burton City Road that was hauling jelly from the J.M. Smucker Co. in Orrville. According to the State Highway Patrol, the driver was Anthony Kuntz of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, who was not injured, was wearing his seat belt and was cited for failure to control. Burton City Road was closed u...

A winter storm struck the area as the work week started with the first wave Monday dropping about an inch of snow in the early morning hours. By mid-morning, most of the roadways were cleared. Folks barely had a break before the second winter blast, which began with spitting snow and swelled into an off-and-on heavier snowfall as the winds picked up when the evening began. The Wayne County Sheriff issued a Level 1 Snow Emergency around 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Due to the second wave of this wint...

The Daily Record WOOSTER — Starting Tuesday, the speed limit on portions of Milltown Road and Sylvan Road was reduced to 45 mph. The speed limits on Milltown Road between Oak Hill and Mechanicsburg Road on the north side of Wooster, and Sylvan Road between Hillcrest and Sylvan’s dead-end on the east side of Wooster changed to 45 mph. The speed limit had been 55 mph. The changes are a result of a study conducted by the Wayne County Engineer’s Office. “The study examined several facto...