State Representative Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario) applauded the Ohio House of Representatives’ passage of House Bill 320, which would strengthen the operations of free clinics and allow Medicaid patients to have greater access to health care options. Specifically, House Bill 320: extends qualified immunity from civil liability for certain volunteer health care services provided to individuals […]
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St. Peter’s graduate receives scholarship
Melissa Compton, a St. Peter’s High School graduate and a student in Ashland University’s Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences, recently received the Wanda June Humphrey Nursing Scholarship. Lynn Fribel, director of the Shelby Foundation, presented the award to Compton at MedCentral Health System, where Compton holds the position of clinical leader of […]
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital custom license plate now available
Columbus–Nationwide Children’s Hospital Everything Matters license plates are now available through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, with $25 from each purchase going to support Nationwide Children’s. “We are grateful to Ohio Rep. Cheryl Grossman for sponsoring our license plate legislation and to Governor John Kasich for signing the bill into law,” said Steve Allen, […]
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Ontario teachers implement technology tools in the classroom
The Ontario Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday evening, hearing from Stingel Elementary teachers regarding technology implementation in the classroom. Stingel Elementary Principal Mike Ream introduced the team teachers of a third grade class, Mike Buttil and Alecia Schalmo, noting that the class they teach is “self-contained” and houses students with learning disabilities. […]
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Clear Fork Valley Local Schools Board of Education selects new superintendent
The Clear Fork Valley Local Schools Board of Education (BOE) announced Friday that they are currently negotiating with Janice Wyckoff for the position as the new superintendent. Wyckoff is currently the superintendent of Black River Local School District in Ashland County. Wyckoff has held the Black River superintendent position for ten years. Prior to that, she served as the high school principal […]
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Tygers clinch OCC title
MANSFIELD — Marquez Cobb posed for a few photos with family and friends in the commons at Mansfield Senior High School, a look of disbelief slowly creeping across his youthful face. “I remember walking through those doors for the first time my freshman year,” Cobb said as he motioned to the front entrance of the […]
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As a Mansfield native, Sen. Brown knows the value of the middle class
Growing up in Mansfield and spending summers and holidays working on my family’s dairy farm, my parents always taught me the importance of taking responsibility—just as working and middle class families in Richland County have always done. But for too long, those in Mansfield, Shelby, Ontario, and across the county have been working harder than […]
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Upcoming State Route 97 meeting scheduled in Bellville
The District Three office of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday, Feb. 20 for the purpose of providing information about a proposed to improve SR 97 between Kocheiser Road and Alexander Road. The meeting is open to residents, local officials and interested persons. Construction of this improvement is expected […]
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Local couple celebrates 33 years of love and marriage
Thirty-three Valentine’s Days ago, on a balmy winter evening in the Ontario Christian Fellowship Chapel, a couple vowed to spend the rest of their lives with each other. And to this day, they are still fulfilling that promise. Gunther and Jayne Stahlke of Springfield Township first met at a Christian camp in Indiana eight months […]
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Celebrating Presidents’ Day
Do You Celebrate Presidents’ Day or Washington’s Birthday? Officially, the United States Code deems this Monday, February 17 a federal holiday commemorating “Washington’s Birthday.” However, over the years, this has caused some confusion among astute history students who generally agree that our nation’s first president was born on February 22, 1732. Why the discrepancy? Well, […]