MANSFIELD — During Ja’Bre Jones’ first week of tryouts for the Mansfield Senior High cheerleading team in 2015, veteran adviser Kim Brookins could only stare and shake her head. “I thought to myself, ‘I don’t know if this is going to work,’” Brookins recalled. “He had a lot of enthusiasm, but not the skills because […]
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Ashland U. track stars off and running at GLIAC meet on home turf
ASHLAND — Strong winds couldn’t slow the Ashland University track & field team at this weekend’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships at the Schar Athletic Complex in Ashland. The prelims were all over, and Friday was the time for podium placement and preparing for nationals. “I was a little scared about how the wind […]
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Ashland Police: AU bathroom peeper arrested for voyeurism
ASHLAND — An Ashland man faces multiple charges after Ashland Police say he followed a couple of women into a bathroom on the campus of Ashland University. Abdulaziz Aldossari, 30, of Ashland, was charged with trespassing, voyeurism, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after an incident on Monday, April 30. According to Ashland […]
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Red Skelton in Mansfield: pictures from the family album
For many decades of the 20th century, folks in Mansfield wanted to claim Red Skelton as a local boy. In the 1930s, newspaper stories in the city paper referred to him as “Mansfield’s Red Skelton,” or sometimes “Mansfield’s contribution to stage and screen.” It’s not hard to understand the attraction: hundreds of thousands of homes […]
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Event center opens on Orange Street
MANSFIELD – Two longtime Mansfield residents have high hopes for their event center at 417 Orange St. Party planners and co-owners of SC Parties LLC., Sonya Francis and Carmen Armstrong celebrated the relocation their event planning business and venue at the end of April. “We were in a building downtown, and it was a great […]
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The Ren to host season preview party June 5
MANSFIELD — The Renaissance is hosting its biggest party of the season and the entire community is invited. The annual Season Preview Party at the Renaissance Theatre will be held on Tuesday, June 5 at 6 p.m. The free event will officially announce the 2018-2019 Renaissance Performing Arts season lineup and will feature live performances, a […]
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Huron County woman charged with stealing children’s inheritance
NORWALK — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Friday that an Ohio woman is facing charges of grand theft and forgery for allegedly stealing nearly $100,000 from the trusts belonging to two children whose father died in 2007. A Huron County grand jury indicted Stacie Bement, 45, of Wakeman, on 12 charges of forgery and […]
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Galion area employers awarded for excellence in workplace safety
GALION – Thirty-nine employers in the Galion area have earned recognition from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for reaching a year without workplace injuries or illnesses that kept workers away from work for more than a day. The employers received BWC’s 100% Award during the Galion Safety Council’s annual awards ceremony. “When speaking […]
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Galion High School celebrating academic success May 7
GALION – Galion High School students will be recognized for their hard work and dedication to achieving academic success during the annual Academic Awards program Monday, May 7. The program begins at 7 p.m. in the Galion High School cafetorium. Galion High School students earning a 3.5 or above during the 2017-2018 school year will […]
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Bucyrus Schools announces academic, attendance standouts
BUCYRUS — Bucyrus Schools honored the following students for academic and attendance achievement in the 2018-2019 3rd Quarter. Bucyrus Elementary School Awards 5th Grade Perfect Attendance: Olivia Hardy, Zoey Hoskins, Aziana Jefferson, Charles Miley, Seth Price, Zyler Roberts, Johnathon Wion, Sophia Wise 5th Grade Highest Honors: Daniel Campbell, Madylynn Diller, Gina Griffith, Grace Jackson, Marissa […]