Valley View, Ohio

So many things to write about this week . . . so let's get going on a news and notes version of Road Rant.

Part of a major state route was closed for 14 hours after a tractor-trailer overturned south of the borough late Sunday night.

Sun Star-Courier Go Seek for March 4, 2010. This scene is somewhere in one of the four Sun Star-Courier communities.

The dining room suite above is among the Amish-made product lines offered by Valley View Oak, among some 450 furniture makers in Holmes County and bordering counties.

Kurtz Bros. operates a C&D landfill, a MRF and material processing operation on its 17-acre facility.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has reopened the two left eastbound lanes on Interstate 480 between the Valley View bridge and Broadway Avenue.

While it may seem illogical to begin a bridge project in the middle of winter, two will get under way Monday.

NewsChannel 5 is On Your Side with up to the minute updates on road conditions around Northeast Ohio.

The Cuyahoga Valley National Park has announced its visitor centers hours for January and February.

Patrick Roote, 9, left, in third grade, and Anthony D'Ambrosia, 71 2, in second grade, paint snowflakes during the Winter Camp craft session Monday.

A fourth grader at Wilcox Elementary in North Ridgeville, Jared Hinton is called a hard worker and extremely conscientious with his studies.

Alpha Group Agency: Rick Hughes joined the Independence insurance agency that provides human resources services to small and medium-sized businesses as the principal heading AlphaHR LLC, a new division created through the acquisition of MagnaHR.

Movie theater audiences can now add another item to the list of things to expect to see on the big screen before the film actually begins: Federal Reserve advice about credit card use.

Sneak previews of upcoming blockbusters. Snappy reminders to buy popcorn, and turn off all cell phones and pagers.

Movie theater audiences can now add another item to the list of things to expect to see on the big screen before the film actually begins: Federal Reserve advice about credit card use.

For nearly 12 years, Kitty Kurtz has visited her son at the cemetery. Kurtz said, "A parent is never supposed to bury their child." Michael Kurtz appeared to be the all-American boy.

UNSAFE VEHICLE, MILLER ROAD: The infamous cracked windshield led to the arrest of a 49-year-old Akron man Nov.

Please send us your Thanksgiving photos, which will be published in the December 3 issue of your paper.

A group of "shepherd dogs" help Sgt. Brad Borowy, top left, including bottom left, Mary Digeronimo, Rachel Hollingsworth, Nicole Schmetzer, middle row Justin Kotlarsic, Alexa Gervasi, Carey Artrip and, top, Sam Stretar.