Monday, November 9, 2026

SALEM, Ohio - A barn fan apparently electrocuted and killed 11-year-old J.R. Smith of Salem Aug. 7. Police reports say the boy's father, Roy, called for help from the family's home on West Middletown Road north of Salem Sunday evening shortly before 9 p.

SALEM, Ohio - False alarm. Tests on the cow most recently suspected to have mad cow disease have come back from the lab with negative results, according to the USDA.

SALEM, Ohio - How would you like it if the county commissioners came knocking at your door to say they were selling off your farm or home to build a new Wal-Mart? Or, if they said most of your neighborhood would be razed and a car dealership would replace the ranches and saltbox homes that had been there for years? The

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Former Pittsburgh Steelers all-star defensive back Mel Blount will give a cutting horse demonstration Aug.

OHIO Wagon Train, with its 23 pioneer wagons and 50 horse-riding scouts, rumbled into Randolph, Ohio, the last week of July for its annual event.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The emerald ash borer, a destructive exotic insect from Asia, was found in an ash tree south of Delaware in Delaware County, Ohio.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. - Exhibitors led 112 entries at the 2005 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders' Show July 7-9 in Huntingdon, Pa.

SALEM, Ohio - The USDA has identified another cow that may have mad cow disease. USDA Chief Veterinarian John Clifford said his lab had received nondefinitive test results July 26 from an animal sampled as part of the voluntary enhanced BSE surveillance program.

COLUMBUS - Leaving children behind is especially difficult for families of National Guard and Reserve members.

TALLMADGE, Ohio - Familiar names filled the winners' circle at this year's Summit County Fair junior livestock sale: Alisa Shenigo, Seth Hendrickson, Carlena Helms.