CANTON, Ohio (WJW) — One Canton man is showing that it is possible to win a substantial amount of money on a scratch-off ticket. The man, who the Ohio Lottery is calling just Kenny, reportedly won $50,000 playing the state lottery’s VIP Millions scratch-off game. The ticket was recently purchased at Woodlawn Food Market in Canton.

The public is invited to attend the third annual Opportunity Fair from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at Hoover High School.

This Ohio golf course closed in 2023. The property has been in limbo since. But developers have big housing plans.

OHIO — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) continues to ask for drivers to give them after two more snowplows got hit. ODOT’s Akron/Canton District 4 shared photos of two snowplows that got hit in northeast Ohio last week on social media. It brings the total to 34 ODOT crews that have been hit statewide in 2025.

In 2023, the National Weather Service recorded a milder winter season in the Akron-Canton region, with 16 inches of snow for the calendar year, the lowest amount on record for the area. The winter season from 2023 to 2024 produced record-setting low snow amounts as well.

Two children who were reported missing in Ohio in October have been found thousands of miles away in a hotel in Reykjavík, Iceland, authorities said. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service for comment via email on Wednesday.

Former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken has been appointed to an open seat in the state Senate. The Northeast Ohio district has been without representation since Kirk Schuring, the three-decade-long serving legislator,

Ohio State won the College Football Playoff on Monday. Memories came flooding back to 2014 national champs Devin Smith, Steve Miller and Doran Grant.

The Cincinnati-born Timken, who is now based in Canton, will replace the late Kirk Schuring, a Jackson Township Republican who died of cancer last November.

Many Greater Akron/Canton high school football players went on to play at Ohio State and Notre Dame. Here's who did it over the last 50 seasons.

Garfield Heights strengthened its hold atop Division III in the cleveland.com boys basketball state rankings with its 69-48 win Sunday against Division I powerhouse Canton McKinley at the Chet Mason Invitational.

CANTON – The Stark Library’s Main Branch, 715 Market Ave. N, has scheduled the following programs. Registration is required; visit starklibrary.org. For more information, call the Main Branch 330-452-0665.