An Open Letter to Massillon Teachers and Staff

To the Massillon City School’s Teachers and Staff,
At the recent Special Board Meeting called to address a new MEA bargaining agreement, our Superintendent stated, “I hope you are man enough to explain to the teachers what you did and why they don’t have a contract.”

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Visit the City of Massillon, Ohio 58 years ago

In order to understand Massillon Tiger Football today you need to go back and understand its place in our City’s history.

NFL’s brain-jarring hits reverberate through time

EVEN WITH an enfeebled Willie Wood sitting right behind him in a wheelchair this week, NFL chief Roger Goodell still refused to acknowledge the damage football is causing to players’ brains.

Family poverty in Canton: Worst among Ohio’s biggest cities

CANTON — Canton’s percentage of families who live below the poverty level rose last year to become the highest among Ohio’s major cities, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census.

Nearly 28 percent of family households in Stark County’s largest municipality earned income less than the federal poverty line. Canton edged Youngstown, which had a family poverty percentage of 27 percent.