MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Noon Optimist Club is celebrating its 100 years of service in Mansfield on Feb. 2, an International Optimist Day. The public is invited to come and enjoy a fun-filled day at Buckeye Imagination Museum. The Mansfield Noon Optimist Club has partnered with Buckeye Imagination Museum to provide free admission to the […]
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More than 350 local students earn academic honors at Pioneer Career & Technology Center
SHELBY – Pioneer Career and Technology Center has announced more than 350 students are on Honor Roll (3.5 GPA or higher) or All A’s GPA 4.0 (or higher). The students are from Buckeye Central, Bucyrus, Col. Crawford, Crestline, Crestview, Galion, Lexington, Lucas, Northmor, Ontario, Plymouth, Shelby, Willard, and Wynford school districts. Pioneer’s teachers and staff […]
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Sister Bernard Marie Campbell
JOLIET, Illinois – The Congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate (Joliet Franciscans) announced Sister Bernard Marie Campbell, OSF, was called home to Christ early Wednesday morning. She was 97 years old. She had been in failing health and died peacefully in her sleep. “St. Peter’s was blessed to have Sister […]
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GALLERY: Sister Bernard Marie Campbell
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St. Peter’s “Sister Bernie” dies Wednesday morning at age 97
JOLIET, Illinois – A Mansfield St. Peter’s icon has passed. The Congregation of the Third Order of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate (Joliet Franciscans) announced Sister Bernard Marie Campbell, died early Wednesday morning. She was 97 years old. She had been in failing health and died peacefully in her sleep. “St. Peter’s was blessed to […]
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Clear Fork trending in right direction as postseason approaches
BELLVILLE — The learning curve was a steep one, but Annika Labaki and her Clear Fork teammates passed the test. A junior sharpshooter, Labaki was one of seven letterwinners coach Scott Sellers welcomed back from last year’s district runner-up squad. The one missing piece from that team, however, was impossible to overlook. Bekah Conrad, a […]
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Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver, age 57, resident of Shelby, passed away unexpectedly in his home Sunday, January 22, 2023. Born January 2, 1966, in Bellevue to Lloyd E. and Caroline Mary (Torrise) Weaver, he had been an area resident the majority of his life. Chris attended Seneca East High School and was most recently employed with Stanley […]
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GALLERY: Celebrating 100 years of agriculture education in Shiloh
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Letter to the Editor: Marion’s Groundhog Day event prompts PETA complaint to feds
MARION — Is it illegal? WMRN-AM plans to use a groundhog supplied by Kokas Exotics — whose owner, Craig Kokas, is only licensed to breed and sell animals, not to exhibit them, and received 70 federal citations for animal welfare violations in 2022 alone — at its Groundhog Day event. So PETA sent a letter […]
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Walter Chandler “Chan” Stevens, JR.
A Renaissance man of many talents, interests, & intelligence. Walter Chandler Stevens, JR, “Chan” passed away peacefully on January 19, 2023. He was 89. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, to Walter C. Stevens, SR, and Edith “Toby” Earlich Stevens on June 9, 1933. He graduated from Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, in 1951, went […]