DSC_0576.JPG DSC_0580.JPG DSC_0582.JPG DSC_0584.JPG DSC_0585.JPG DSC_0591.JPG DSC_0597.JPG DSC_0599.JPG DSC_0606.JPG DSC_0610.JPG Workers with R&D Excavating of Crestline continue demolition work Wednesday afternoon on a former Westinghouse site on the north side of Fifth Street.
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Richland County Transit offering fare-free days for voting, Veterans Day & holiday shopping
MANSFIELD — Richland County Transit is offering the following Fare-Free days to show appreciation for its riders and partners. To encourage voting and to recognize U.S. veterans, RCT will offer services free to all passengers from Nov. 7 to 11, in honor of Election Day and Veterans Day. RCT is also offering Fare-Free service on […]
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Mansfield man sentenced to 6 years in prison, $1.57 million fine in Medicaid fraud case
MANSFIELD — The owner of a Mansfield outpatient treatment center for substance-use disorders will spend six years in prison for defrauding the Ohio Department of Medicaid, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Wednesday. Geron L. Tate, a Mansfield resident and owner of G L Tate & Associates, was sentenced by Richland County Common Pleas Court […]
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Galion storms into Sweet 16 showdown with Fairbanks
GALION — The Tigers are on the prowl. Galion is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019 after stunning Huron, the state’s No. 2 team in Division III, in last week’s district finals at Seneca East. The 17th-ranked Tigers will play No. 20 Milford Center Fairbanks in the early match of […]
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Mary Kathryn Thomas
Lexington, OH: Mary Kathryn Thomas, age 91, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 31, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Lexington, Ohio. She was born March 24, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio to the late Robert and Kathryn (Copeland) Fox. Mary was a dedicated teacher for 30 years in Richland and Morrow Counties, retiring in 1996. […]
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Mansfield City Council OKs $90,000 emergency repair to north end watermain
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Tuesday approved spending up to $90,000 for an emergency repair to a nearly 50-year-old water main that feeds the industrial park and much of the city’s north side. City engineer Bob Bianchi said in the past couple of weeks that one of two 16-inch water mains that feeds the […]
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Debt Recovery Services of Ohio defends its efforts to pursue delinquent Mansfield water bills
MANSFIELD — The leaders of Debt Recovery Services of Ohio on Tuesday defended their collection efforts on delinquent City of Mansfield water accounts. Cathy Shambre, president of DRS of Ohio, and Bethany Robertson, the company’s vice president, told City Council they were “astonished” to hear some city officials were seemingly blaming the company for not […]
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Colts headline All-MOAC football team
BELLVILLE — Clear Fork’s perfect run through the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference didn’t go unrewarded. Five Colts earned a spot on the All-MOAC first team when the league announced it’s postseason honors Tuesday afternoon. Clear Fork was one of six MOAC teams to qualify for the playoffs. The Colts were the only survivors of Week 11 […]
Posted inArea History
Harding, Cox & Ohio on the Irish War of Independence in the 1920 election
Editor’s NoteThis story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection on June 13, 2022. It is being published here through a collaborative agreement to share content between this outlet and the Ohio History Connection. In June and July of 1920, two Ohioans were nominated as the presidential candidates of America’s two leading political parties: James […]
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Shelby, Galion and Bucyrus to receive state funds for affordable housing
The cities of Shelby, Galion and Bucyrus will soon be able to offer residents applications for state-funded housing repairs and rehabilitation projects. The Ohio Department of Development has announced the funding of $1 million for Crawford County and $700,000 for the City of Shelby to rehabilitate owner-occupied homes of low- and moderate-income families. The funds […]