Local Newsohio

  • Family Stunned After Home Blaze

    News
    Maretta Times.com
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    In the dark and tormented hours after fire destroyed her Warren Township home, Tommie Jones struggled for a way to explain the tragedy to her 4-year-old daughter.


  • Plastic Bottle Bombs Explode On Ohio College Campus

    News
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    Police said that reports of two explosions on the Denison University campus Wednesday night apparently were plastic bottles put under pressure by dry ice placed in them.


  • Hudson Fire Department Gets Grant

    Article
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    Hudson Fire Department was awarded a $47,880 federal grant in a program called the Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement Act


  • Suspension of Swanton official upheld

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    The Blade
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    After a 71/2-hour hearing, Swanton Village Council yesterday upheld fire Chief Jim Guy’s 15-day suspension without pay for driving a fire truck after drinking beer at a firefighters convention


  • Fire Station Closed After Inspection

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    Akron Beacon Journal, OH
    Posted: December 18th, 2002

    The city's fire station on Market Avenue North has been closed indefinitely following an architect's inspection Tuesday that found unstable interior walls.


  • Area Fire Destroys Home, Kill 2 Dogs

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    News Journal
    Posted: December 17th, 2002

    PERRYSVILLE -- A house fire Saturday left a family of four homeless and claimed the lives of two dogs.