February 2021
Posted inNews
Ohio Senators vote along party lines as Trump is acquitted of impeachment
WASHINGTON D.C. — Ohio’s senators each voted along party lines in Saturday’s acquittal of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearing. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) voted guilty, while Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) voted not guilty. The impeachment charge of incitement of insurrection from the Jan. 6 incident on the U.S. Capitol received a 57-43 vote to […]
Posted inWeather
Bitter cold, heavy snow due Sunday through Tuesday
Stop me if you have heard this story before. Snow. Bitter cold. Messy travel conditions. Shovels. Salt. Plows. Angry fists shaking at cloudy skies. The business of winter in north central Ohio is about to pick up again as we prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Sunday and President’s Day on Monday. Let’s start with […]
Posted inSports
Ashland claims Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling championship
MILLERSBURG — Winning has become a habit the Ashland wrestling team has no intention of kicking. On Saturday at West Holmes High School, the Arrows claimed the Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling championship for the fifth time in six years. Coach Sean Seder was rewarded with an Ohio Cardinal Conference Coach of the Year award, as […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Region reacts to future plans at former Chippewa Lake Park
MEDINA COUNTY — It’s the late 1960s. More than a thousand people are crowded into The Ballroom at Chippewa Lake Park — a then thriving music venue located at an amusement park located along Chippewa Lake in Medina County. The venue is alive with excitement. As the crowd waits for The Box Tops to take […]
Posted inUncategorized
TEST – Haring Property transfers
Avita Health System paid $2,750,000 to purchase the former Sears property at the Richland Mall in Ontario, according to recent property transfers filed with the Richland County Auditor’s Office. Avita announced the purchase at 600 Richland Mall in late October, though a price was not announced. The transfer was finalized Dec. 18, according to the […]
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Pedestrian killed in Saturday morning Ashland County crash
JACKSON TOWNSHIP – A West Salem man was killed in a vehicle-pedestrian crash early Saturday morning in Ashland County, according to a press release from the Ashland Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The pedestrian, 30-year-old Brett Michael Lycans, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Ashland County Coroner’s Office. Impairment of the pedestrian […]
Posted inBusiness
Richland County bars welcome expiration of COVID-19 curfew
MANSFIELD ─ Bar owners are excited to see some normalcy back in their business. On Thursday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the statewide COVID-19 curfew has been lifted. The order was in effect for almost three months and initially from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. DeWine shortened it in late January to 11 p.m. to […]
Posted inArea History
Native Son: Pivotal figures from American Black history visited Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. There are two very prominent and pivotal figures from Black history in America who both had occasion to come to Mansfield in different centuries, and their experiences in finding overnight accommodations here were as different as black and white. If Frederick Douglass or […]