I don’t know a single woman who doesn’t, on some level, think she’s failing at womanhood. We look around ourselves and we identify all the ways the women around us are succeeding at womanhood, and we begin to believe that we aren’t cutting it. As a fourth grader, we were asked to write about what […]
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Fredericktown postcard correspondent identified in Bishop family photograph
FREDERICKTOWN — Meet Orin Bishop. He’s the writer of the 1913 postcard featured in a previous History Knox column. The text of the card told us only that it was sent to Galen Bishop in Columbus from the family home near Fredericktown. Clues in the message allowed readers to puzzle out the location of the […]
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Mansfield to seek income tax levy for new $8 million pool/aquatics facility at Liberty Park
MANSFIELD — A “major issue” that closed the City of Mansfield’s only public pool in August at Liberty Park may have quickened the pace for a new aquatics center. The City of Mansfield plans to put a 0.25 percent income tax issue on the 2022 primary ballot with the goal of building a new, $8 […]
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Richland County Task Force on racism plans community ‘Equity Challenge’
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Task Force on Racism has announced plans for an Equity Challenge, an online effort to help residents learn how systemic racism impacts the community. “(We) have been working on many different tasks in our (eight) respective work groups, but this is our first big collaboration and educational piece that will […]
Posted inObituaries
Sharon Timmer
Sharon Timmer, 69, of Bellville, Ohio passed away at her home on Monday, October 25, 2021. She was born on September 26, 1952 in Georgetown, Ohio to the late Albert and Mary (Rau) Fussnecker. Sharon was raised on a dairy farm in the small town of Russellville, Ohio. She went to school at St. Michael’s […]
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Local favorite Steve Brown featured at Oct. 30 Black Box Concert
MANSFIELD — When you listen to Steve Brown play music, you’d never guess that he hated piano lessons, or that he learned rhythm through morse code. As a solo performer with a repertoire of over 500 songs, Brown’s piano skills, smooth vocals, and easy smile leave every one of his audiences in toe-tapping good spirits; […]
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Crestline to receive $5 million grant to improve wastewater treatment plant
CRESTLINE — Crestline will receive a $5 million grant to improve the existing wastewater treatment plant as part of the Ohio BUILDS Water Infrastructure grants, announced by the state on Tuesday afternoon. The Crestline project will replace the Park Road Pump Station and construct a force main from the pump station to the treatment plant. […]
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Richland County Park District may seek property tax issue to assist with Fleming Falls
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Park District may seek a property tax levy in 2022 as it works to open the Fleming Falls Nature Preserve. The park district purchased the 183-acre preserve in 2019 from the Lutheran Outdoor Ministry in Ohio, which operated as Camp Mowana for more than 75 years. Jason Larson, director of […]
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Yost issues warning: Illegal cannabis products impersonating snack brands in Ohio
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost is warning Ohioans about illegal and dangerous cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives that are packaged to look like well-known brands of snack foods and candy. “The levels of THC in these fakes could have some real and devastating consequences for children,” Yost said. “Parents need to be extra cautious, […]
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New soccer stadium shows sport’s growth in Galion
GALION — The Galion City Schools held a celebration to officially open its new soccer stadium on Oct. 5. Galion soccer alumni, former Galion soccer coaches, current and past district administrators, and community leaders joined together with representatives from the Galion-Crestline Area Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting at midfield during halftime of the […]