The Homeless Gospel Choir will be making its way to Relax, It’s Just Coffee on Friday, February 21. The Homeless Gospel Choir features Derek Zanetti on acoustic guitar. Zanetti has been traveling and playing music as Homeless Gospel Choir for about five years. Zanetti once played music in different bands, but decided he wanted to […]
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Appleseed Center’s Hallmark slated for closure
Amy’s Hallmark in the Appleseed Center off of Lexington Ave. is closing its doors on Feb. 28. Hallmark Communications Consultant Toni Ferro stated that the reason for the closure is because the store is “no longer meeting financial requirements.” Ferro added, “Markdowns started shortly after the first of the year.” The store was previously owned […]
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Mansfield Christian picks up first tournament win in 8 years
The Mansfield Christian Lady Flames were able to hold off the Crestline Lady Bulldogs in Northwest Girls Division 4 Sectional semi-final action on Tuesday night at O-rena in Ontario. It was the Lady Flames first tournament victory since the 2005-2006 season. “I am proud of our girls. It is the first sectional win since 2006 […]
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Ashland University offers school safety course
Ashland University’s Professional Development “Beyond Lockdown” online safety course is being offered to school administrators, teachers and staff throughout the state as well as other interested parties. The course instructor, Dr. Amy Klinger, associate professor of educational administration at Ashland University, is an expert in school safety and security issues and is a certified Department […]
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Hire Foundation establishes endowment for Ohio State Mansfield engineering students
The Engineering program at The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a step closer to offering a four-year degree with a $75,000 endowment from the Hire Family Foundation. The endowment will fund the Jack Hire Engineering Scholarship, the first engineering scholarship to be awarded at Ohio State Mansfield. “We are making significant inroads in building […]
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Mansfield Senior’s Hutch Blackstone is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — Perhaps the only thing that can keep Hutch Blackstone off the podium at this weekend’s swimming and diving state tournament is an illness. Mansfield Senior’s three-time state qualifier isn’t taking any chances. The Richland Source Athlete of the Week, Blackstone spent part of Tuesday at the doctor’s office. He was diagnosed with a […]
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Madison High School achieving high rate of success in the classrooms
“It is a team effort in the building and it is a team effort across the district, said Madison Comprehensive High School Principal Rob Peterson. Peterson noted that the graduation rate in 2012 was at 93 percent. “That is the highest that it has been. I have records going back to 2006 and 2007 and […]
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Lexington knocks off Ontario in girls basketball tournament, 66-56
MANSFIELD – Lexington’s seniors have not experienced much success on the basketball court, but that doesn’t mean they want to see their careers come to an end. Quite the contrary, in fact. Three seniors played key roles on Tuesday night as Lady Lex avenged a regular season loss to Ontario, knocking the Warriors from the […]
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Shelby resident interns at Richland County Youth and Family Council
Shelby resident Samantha Woodby, a senior social work major at Ashland University, is currently interning with the Richland County Youth and Family Council in Mansfield. Woodby is a 2005 graduate of Wayne Memorial High School. Each spring semester, all AU senior social work majors jump into a semester-long field experience as part of a 500 […]
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Shelby rolls past Galion in girls basketball tournament, 54-35
MANSFIELD – Shelby started three freshmen against Galion on Tuesday night in the Division II girls sectional basketball tournament at Mansfield Senior. But after a regular season filled with growing pains, the young Whippets (12-11) and their older teammates showed youth will indeed be served, witnessed by a 54-35 beating of the Galion Tigers. “Our […]