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jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Pictured at the 2019 MVBW Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner are Glen Miller, left, with Jack Haessly. (Photo courtesy of the Muskingum Valley Beverly Waterford Chamber of Commerce) A former Washington County Commissioner and county businessman’s death was mourned Monday by past politicians and the business community of the county. “I got a phone call early this morning that he’d passed and have been in calls with several of the directors of the chamber since, letting them know,” said Rick Walters, also a former commissioner and a present director for the ...

Independent staff report BETHLEHEM TWP. The Stark County Coroner's Office has confirmed the identity of the victim of a fatal fire in February as 18-year-old Chase Rogers. Investigator Rick Walters said identification was confirmed by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation through DNA. Rogers, who had a bedroom in the basement of the home, became trapped in the lower level when a fire broke out at his family's home at 10216 Erie Ave. SW at 1:28 a.m. Feb. 28, investigators said. Two adults escaped from the burning home and tried to rescue the victim but were turned back by the flames, o...

Holland native suing Holland Police Department over records bill HOLLAND — A former Holland resident is suing the Holland Police Department to lower the cost of documents she requested.  Sarah Sterken Jackson, an attorney in New York, spent half of 2020 back home in Holland. During that time, she said she “learned of allegations that there were instances of HPD police officers acting in a racially biased manner,” according to the lawsuit complaint.  After hearing of these allegations, Jackson stated she began an “investigation” into whether there were police officers acting in a r...

PERRY TWP.  A township man died following a Tuesday morning crash with a Perry Local Schools bus. John Ickes, 73, was identified by the Stark County Coroner's Office as the motorist who died not long after the crash at an Aultman Hospital emergency room. Perry Police Chief Mike Pomesky said Ickes was heading north on Locke Avenue SW and collided with a Perry school bus around 7:35 a.m. while he was turning onto Lincoln Way E. At the time of the crash, Ickes was suffering from a medical episode, which is the apparent cause of his death, according to Rick Walters, the coroner's office chi...

JACKSON TWP.   Investigators continue to trace the path of a Massillon nursing home resident who died after leaving for a dental appointment Friday. Authorities believe no foul play was involved in the death of Jane L. McClelland, township Police Chief Mark Brink said Monday, adding that they continue to investigate and to await the results of a Stark County Coroner's Office autopsy. McClelland, 64, who authorities said suffered from Alzheimer's, went missing and was found dead Sunday morning in a snowbank near The Strip shopping center. She was a resident of The Laurels of Massillon. In...