Kroger expands ground beef recall
By TERRY KINNEY
Associated Press Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) -- First it was the tomatoes. Now it's the beef.
Fourth of July picnic tables are getting a careful look as familiar hamburgers and tomatoes are feared to be among the tainted ingredients in separate f ...
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Girl Scouts help with pool renovations
By RACHEL SMITH
Gazette Intern
Girl Scout Troop 257 has a big project ahead of them. The troop is helping with the renovations at Mil'Lympic Pool.
The junior troop has eight girls from the fifth and sixth grades. Most of the girls have been together in a troop since first grade Brownies. The t ...
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More troops headed to Afghanistan
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month" in the nearly seven-year-old war.
In fact, i ...
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9 in 10 hit hard by gas prices
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline has stolen a beach vacation in South Carolina from Julie Jacobs' family and exotic bath washes from Angela Crawford. Phil English had to sell his beloved but fuel-guzzling red pickup.
Like a plague that does ...
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Save on Workers' Comp
FREMONT -- July 1-31 is the FY09 enrollment period for new Safety Council members who are interested in qualifying for an extra refund of two percent on their Workers' Compensation premiums. It is also time for dues renewal for present members.
In a special incentive progr ...
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Schools receive $384,000 more from state
By SALLY BOYD
Neighbors Editor
The Bellevue Board of Education met in special session Monday morning to wrap up financial business of the district for the 2007-2008 school year, which ended Monday, and to conduct a limited amount of other business.
"This is year's end and we have to come into ...
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It's a Flat Rock Fourth of July
By SALLY BOYD
Neighbors Editor
FLAT ROCK -- While much of the world has turned cynical as wars rage, politicians make empty promises, oil prices daily crack new barriers and neighbors fight over petty differences, tiny Flat Rock, Ohio, continues to show the region just how -- on one day o ...
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Selvey named BSHS principal
By SALLY BOYD
Neighbors Editor
"My summer 'vacation' has just ended," said a smiling Steve Selvey Monday morning after being named the new principal at Bellevue Senior High School.
A one-year contract was unanimously extended to Selvey, 53, during the traditional end-of-year special m ...
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Tiffin man killed in Ohio 113 collision Friday
A Tiffin man was killed Friday morning when his vehicle went left of center on Ohio 113, just east of Prairie Road, and struck a semi head-on.
Matthew R. Gase, 37, of Tiffin, was pronounced dead at the scene by Huron County Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Harwood. His body was transported to the Foos and F ...
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Ohioans give governor pass on economy
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republicans had a field day recently after the governor of Kansas came to Ohio and commended Gov. Ted Strickland for the job he's done turning around the state's economy.
Look at the record, they said:
--Unemployment in ...
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Child, 4, reported missing from home
By JESSICA DENNIS
Gazette City Editor
What would you do if you woke up one day and found your child was gone?
This was the case Thursday when a Bellevue woman reported to police officials her four-year-old step-son was missing.
According to police reports, the woman, who resides in the 300 ...
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