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Canton Repository reporting makes positive impact in Stark County community
The Repository via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEvery so often, my father and I will have a conversation about journalism. Why the industry has...
Canton didn't unwrap Christmas joy until mid-1800s
The Repository via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Grinch had no need to steal Christmas during Stark County's early days. Historian E.T. Heald noted in a 1948 WHBC Christmas Day broadcast that the...
The Monday After: Canton has long enjoyed 'Monumental' celebration of Fourth of July
The Repository via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA sky full of "Monumental Fireworks" will take to the air over the McKinley National Memorial in...
Canton native portrayed Santa on TV, in movies and during personal appearances
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCanton actor Paul Richard "Pete" Schrum played both a sentimental and a serious Santa. The burly and...
Monday After: When Canton was a pioneer in fluoridation
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFlouride. Some call it a miracle element. Just add water. It has come to us through the years in our...
The Monday After: Move to 'save' Canton's downtown raged even in 1973
The Repository via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMayor Stanley A. Cmich joined a local junior high school student 50 years ago in a dramatic attempt...
'It will not be played in Canton if I can help it.' Police chief tried to outlaw mahjong
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMahjong — also known as "pung chow" — was more than an afternoon or evening of tabletop...
The Monday After: Revisiting old friends from 'Peanuts'
The Repository via Yahoo News· 8 months ago"Meet Schroeder ..." The return today of the comic strip "Peanuts" to The Canton Repository – along...
The Monday After: When Walter Wellman came to Canton
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWalter Wellman was among the elite journalists in Washington during the administration of President William McKinley. "The City of Washington undoubtedly...
The Monday After: Remembering Napoleans in the news
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe news reported in the Canton Repository And Republican 150 years ago was positioned less than prominently, when considering its subject's status in...