Nine area Boy Scouts visited the Norwalk Reflector Saturday morning to work on their communications merit badge. The boys are from Troop 239 in Monroeville and 277 in Willard. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...

The attorney representing the estate of an 11-year-old girl stabbed to death by her Monroeville foster father is seeking $1 million in damages from the county in a wrongful death lawsuit. Willard lawyer Jim Martin, in his closing argument Thursday, accused the Huron County Department of Job & Family Services (HCDJFS) of improperly placing Connre Dixon in the Ohio 99 home of Paul Efaw, who killed her during an Oct. 18, 2004 altercation, and depriving her of physical safety. The Huron County Commissioners in office at the time also are named in the civil case.

HIGHWAY PATROL Allan W. Reed, 45, of Shiloh, hit a deer Monday on Baseline Road.

Grand Madam President of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Stephanie Smith, will visit Maple City Auxiliary No. 711, 151 Cline St., Norwalk on Sunday. Norwalk is the home of Ohio State Madam President Mary Hornsby. The Norwalk Auxiliary is hosting the visit for members from the Northwest Zone. Ohio is No. 1 in membership for the ladies and men and has the record number of Aeries for the whole United States. Stephanie "Stephie" Smith joined Rock Island Auxiliary No. 956 in March 1969. In 1985, she transferred her membership to Silvis Auxiliary No. 1839. She was introduced to the Eagles prior to her initiation by her future husband when he asked her to help cook a chicken dinner for the cancer fund. When she saw how the Eagles worked to help others, she became and still is a true Eagle.

Tara Efaw's classmates haven't let her forget that her father was convicted almost two years ago for stabbing 11-year-old foster child Connre Death to death during an Oct. 18, 2004 altercation. "Almost all the kids in the school" tease me twice a week, Tara told the Reflector during breaks Thursday in the wrongful death lawsuit involving Dixon.

Whether practicing in a tornado drill or sheltering during a warning, the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness encourages Ohioans to DUCK!

I'm easily confused, at least that's what everyone tells me. I know most of life is about supply and demand, but it makes no sense to me at all for The Police and Genesis to schedule just one concert at The Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Mahl touts SCORE to New London NEW LONDON - Retired businessman Ted Mahl recently told members of the New London Community Improvement Corp. about SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives).

A Norwalk man received his eighth drunken driving charge Sunday morning. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...

WAKEMAN - Dalton Community Park, located on Ohio 303 behind the Wakeman Fire Department on the south side of Wakeman, was established in 1996 through a gift to Wakeman Township by lifelong residents Wayne and Jane Dalton. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...