Good morning, Canton.

Domestic Violence Project Inc. in Canton is hosting a series of events this October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month to support survivors & promote community awareness.

Stark County NAACP Freedom Fund banquet will be held on Oct.

17 at Arrowhead Golf Club and Banquet Center in North Canton, with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m., dinner at 6, and keynote Esosa Osa. Tickets cost $100 and must be bought by Oct. 10.

Local veteran Robert Cobb, 73, will fly to Washington, D.C. on Oct.

3 for an Honor Flight that includes a luncheon and monument tour + he previously volunteered as a guardian on an Honor Flight.

Two Canton moms launched The Silent Mother Project, a nonprofit podcast and community aid group that organizes monthly teas and quarterly Neighbor Days to distribute food and clothing.

The initiative — born from shared personal loss — aims to create safe spaces and support residents.

Stark County offers many events this week: Canton First Friday with a car show is today downtown, a Pokémon trading card show is at Belden Village Mall Oct.

10–11, + a hair band tribute, film screening and art show are planned in Minerva, Massillon and Canton.

Jackson Local Schools is changing its homecoming ceremony to celebrate all aspects of being a Polar Bear by forming an honor court of alumni, current students, and elementary students.

The school will also crown a senior king and queen at the football game today (Oct. 2).

Ohio officials require residents to destroy spotted lanternfly egg masses using soapy water or alcohol to slow the spread as the insects begin their breeding season, with eggs laid through December hatching next spring (the quarantine applies statewide to protect agriculture).

Fourth Street SE and Madison Avenue SE in Canton will close for five days starting Oct.

5 for railroad crossing repairs + detours will be posted by the city’s Engineering Department.

Brice Fuller, the defending Stark County cross country champion, is racing today at the Nike Cross Country Twilight in Terre Haute.

He leaves Fairless to compete against nearly 5,000 high school & 600 college runners in the national event.