Good morning, Canton.

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank announced that CEO Dan Flowers will step down Dec.

31 after two decades and that Executive Vice President Katie Carver Reed will take over on Jan. 1, 2027 + the board confirmed the seamless transition to continue serving local hunger needs.

Project REBUILD will host free Fall HomeSkills classes from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday from Sept.

10 until Oct. 15 at its Fulton Workshop—618 Fulton Road NW—teaching home maintenance skills for the winter season.

Canton artist Patrick Buckohr is refreshing the murals outside the Haas Museum in downtown Minerva — the seven-panel display he originally painted in 2005 — to fix past mistakes and add new details.

He began the work in June and expects to complete it by late September.

Four Timken High School graduates will be honored as 2026 Distinguished Alumni at a dinner event on Sept.

24 — beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. — held at Chateau Michele Event Center at 2231 44th St NW.

Northwest High School was evacuated on Aug.

27 after construction crews punctured a gas line, moving all students safely to Stinson Elementary — officials expect classes to resume once repairs are complete.

The Jacob S. Coxey Memorial Bridge was closed in Massillon for planned rehab as 104 feet of rotting wood decking required replacement; bids were sought and work is expected to begin in about two months and take three weeks — Towpath Trail users should use the Tremont Avenue SW detour.

The Ohio Department of Health reported a drop in new cyclosporiasis cases to 189 for the week ending Aug.

27, down from 422 the previous week amid a nationwide outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce (Ohio now has 6,063 total cases since June).

Health officials reported that Ohio's measles outbreak has grown to 107 cases across 12 counties (only eight new cases were recorded this past week).

They urge residents to get the MMR vaccine to boost protection amid concerns that vaccination rates remain below herd immunity levels.

Baxter International Inc. recalled injectable drugs after the FDA found contamination with fiberglass or stainless steel particles.

The affected products were sent to healthcare facilities in Ohio and other states between July 25 and early August, and providers should return them per distributor protocols (Baxter is informing customers).