Local News President James A. Garfield Lecture Series returns ‘The Early Years’ is one of five events beginning March 26 By News-Herald Editorial staff PUBLISHED: March 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM EDT ...

A statue of the nation’s assassinated 20th president, James A. Garfield, a native of Mentor, at his memorial in Lake View Cemetery. (Plain Dealer file) Plain Dealer file ...

When James Garfield won the Presidency in 1880, Charles Guiteau got ready to accept his new government job. No one had actually offered him a job – but he'd campaigned for Garfield, so he ...