Veteran newsman Rick Armon named editor of Canton Repository

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A veteran reporter and editor has been named the editor of the Canton Repository newspaper.

The appointment of Rick Armon, 52, was announced Monday. He replaces Rich Desrosiers, who left in March for a position with the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Armon had served as editor of The Daily Record in Wooster and Ashland Times-Gazette since September, when he was promoted from a reporting role at the Akron Beacon Journal. He’s also worked for several years as an editor and reporter at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y.

An Ohio native, Armon graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications.