Perry families who weathered pandemic job losses get donated bikes
The charity Perry Helping Perry distributed 71 donated bikes Saturday to 28 families in Perry Township, some who experienced job losses in 2020.
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The charity Perry Helping Perry distributed 71 donated bikes Saturday to 28 families in Perry Township, some who experienced job losses in 2020.
Louisville City Schools was seeking an additional levy, while Jackson Local was asking for a substitute levy and Canton Local was seeking a renewal.
After a high-turnout presidential election in November, a far smaller number of voters are expected to cast ballots in Tuesday's primary in partisan city council contests and on proposed township, village and school tax increases. More than three in four registered voters in Stark County, more than 191,000 people, voted in November. That's almost certainly not going to happen Tuesday. The last non-presidential primary took place in May 2019. The turnout then was less than 15%. Fewer than 36,500 voters cast ballots that year when there were where no countywide levy issues. That's the same situ...
The Stark County Board of Elections will be using 16-year-old touchscreen voting machines in the May 4 primary while most of the state uses more modern equipment. Most Ohio counties bought new voting equipment in 2019 with the state funding much of the purchase. The Stark County Board of Elections wanted to first see what the other counties experienced. Now the election board is mired in a legal battle with Stark County commissioners over its plan to buy Dominion ImageCast X touchscreen voting machines. Commissioners say the board failed to sufficiently consult them, vet Dominion's pri...
CANTON – Last year, restaurants had to survive stay-at-home orders and having their dining rooms shut down for more than two months due to the pandemic. And when the state allowed them to reopen, they had to weather mandated curfews, capacity restrictions and a loss of business due to patrons concerned about the risks of contracting COVID while dining out. Now, with many adults vaccinated for COVID, customers are flocking back to area dining rooms and outdoor restaurant patios, increasing business above even 2019 levels. But the rising demand for the dine-in experience presents restaura...