CANTON — Hannah Stevens added some more hardware to an already overcrowded trophy shelf Friday evening. For the second year in a row, Stevens won state championships in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke and for the second year in a row, the Lexington senior was selected the Division II girls MVP at the 38th […]
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Minutemen get win over Orville
The Lexington Minutemen hosted the Orville Red Riders in boys varsity basketball on Friday. The Minutemen got one last season win for their home crowd winning, 50-42. The first half was a back and forth battle that ended in a 29-29 point tie at the break. Lexington came out of the locker room and separated. […]
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Commissioners hear update on freight rail industry
National Field Director of GoRail Michael Gaynor met with the county commissioners Thursday to discuss the current state of the freight railroad industry. “The condition of the track infrastructure today is probably the best condition it’s ever been in the history of the nation,” Gaynor stated. Over the past 30 years, the railroad industry has […]
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Judge Brent Robinson placed on fall ballot
The Richland County Republican Party Central Committee members met Thursday night at Ed Pickens Café on Main for a meeting and decided to place newly appointed Common Pleas Court Judge Brent Robinson on the fall ballot. Due to the timing of the departure of longtime Richland County Judge Jim Henson, both the Republican and Democrat […]
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Senate passes initiative to prevent drug overdose fatalities
Senator Larry Obhof (R–Medina) announced that the Ohio Senate has passed House Bill 170, which seeks to expand the individuals permitted to obtain and administer Narcan (generic: Naloxone), which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. “Ohio is seeing a startling rise in the abuse of opioids, including prescription drugs and heroin,” said Obhof. […]
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School Specialty now hiring for summer jobs
School Specialty, Inc. is now hiring for summer jobs. School Specialty is a leading education company that provides innovative and proprietary products, programs, and services to help educators engage and inspire students of all ages and abilities to learn. Those hired will have consistent hours with shift options and pay differentials; opportunity for overtime; a […]
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Belts, bearings, and Braintree
A successful company that conducts business with four countries outside the United States, married to your childhood sweetheart – it sounds like a dream. But as Ric Carmona can tell you, to see a dream to fulfillment takes hard work and determination. “It was always my dream to do what I do, to own my […]
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St. Peters’ elementary students learn Olympic history
As the 2014 Winter Olympics come to a close in Sochi, students in Sarah Johnson’s second-grade class at St. Peter’s Elementary got to see a piece of Olympic history up close this week, courtesy of Sarah’s grandmother Martha Johnson. On New Year’s Day in 2002, Martha had the honor of carrying an Olympic torch on […]
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OSU-Mansfield professors receive grant to provide math professional development to local teachers
Three professors from The Ohio State University at Mansfield will be teaching math to elementary teachers this summer through a $203,789 grant from the Ohio Board of Regents. The grant will provide an Algebra Project-based professional development program for kindergarten through fifth grade teachers in the Mansfield City and Lucas Local School Districts. The Improving […]
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Flood warning precedes high water in low-lying areas
Flooding posed a potential this week as a result of rising temperatures and snowmelt as well as rain on Thursday; the National Weather Service issued a flood warning. It came as no surprise, then, on Friday morning when there was some minor flooding in low-lying areas in Richland County. Smart Road near state Route 39 […]