ASHLAND – Ashland University Department of Theatre presents its final main stage show for the 2017-2018 season with “Seussical,” the musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss. With music and lyrics by the award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the Ashland production is directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames […]
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Year-end crime stats show 3rd straight year of reduced crime in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — The city is ready for more growth, according to Mansfield Police Chief Ken Coontz. Coontz released the department’s 2016 to 2017 crime statistics, which boasted a 7-percent decrease in overall part-one crimes. Part-one crimes include arson, homicide, manslaughter, rape, robbery, assault, burglar, larceny and auto theft. This is the third consecutive year of […]
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Division II Sectional Swimming Meet
emma1.jpg emma2.jpg emma3.jpg IMG_0005.jpg IMG_0014.jpg IMG_0015.jpg IMG_0016.jpg IMG_0017.jpg IMG_0020.jpg IMG_0023.jpg IMG_0024.jpg IMG_0034.jpg IMG_0035.jpg IMG_0036.jpg IMG_0042.jpg IMG_0043.jpg IMG_0044.jpg IMG_0046.jpg IMG_0051.jpg IMG_0053.jpg IMG_0058.jpg IMG_0059.jpg Lexington’s Alli McFarland takes a breath during the 100 yard breaststroke during the Division II sectional meet at Malabar. IMG_0069.jpg IMG_0079.jpg IMG_0082.jpg IMG_0089.jpg IMG_0091.jpg IMG_0093.jpg IMG_0096.jpg IMG_0098.jpg IMG_0100.jpg IMG_0103.jpg IMG_0120.jpg IMG_0123.jpg IMG_0138.jpg IMG_9915.jpg […]
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Lexington dominates at sectional swim meet
MANSFIELD — The celebration was abbreviated, but Wilson Cannon and his Lexington teammates plan to keep the good times rolling for a few more weeks. Cannon won a pair of individual events and was a member of two record-setting relay teams as the Minutemen dominated at the Division II sectional swim meet at Malabar’s Frank […]
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Ashland dominates for third straight OCC wrestling title
MANSFIELD –Ashland’s Sean Seder barely had to move out of his coaching chair Saturday during the finals of the Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling tournament. With 12 of his wrestlers battling for titles, the chair — and the tournament — again belonged to the Seder and his Arrows. Ashland dominated the seven team field, winning six […]
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2018 Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling tournament
DSC_0305.jpg DSC_0415.jpg Wrestlers at Mansfield Middle School and Mansfield Senior High School will hear from career speakers each week during practice as part of the Tyger Tuesday program. Many of the speakers are Mansfield City alumni. DSC_0383.jpg DSC_0388.jpg DSC_0395.jpg DSC_0407.jpg Lexington senior Ambrose Adams tries to overpower Ashland freshman Jake Bever in the 285-pound title […]
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Sherrod Brown: Saving the pensions Ohioans have earned
WASHINGTON D.C. — Right now, the pensions of more than a million Americans are at risk of massive cuts. If we truly value a hard day’s work in this country, our government must keep the promise made to these workers, who could lose the lifeline they sacrificed for and worked to earn. It’s bad enough […]
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James “Nip” Harlan Shoulders Sr.
James “Nip” Harlan Shoulders Sr., 83, passed this life on Thursday, Feb, 8, 2018 in Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Shoulders was born on Sunday, Dec. 16, 1934 to the late Everett and Gatha Belle (Smith) Shoulders in Canton, Ohio and came to Mansfield as a child. He was a […]
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Mary Alice Smith-Beard
Mary Alice Smith-Beard, 70, passed this life on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 in Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness. Mrs. Smith-Beard was born on Thursday, July 6, 1947 in Biloxi, Mississippi to the late Ivy and Mary L. (Swope) Kidd and had lived in Mansfield since her childhood. Mary graduated from Perkins […]
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Ashland City Council weighs Brookside Golf Course funding
ASHLAND — No decisions were made about the fate of Brookside Golf Course Saturday. But Ashland City Council spent over two hours discussing revenues and expenses at the public course and asking questions of golf pro and manager Terry Valentine and course superintendent Billy Christian. The meeting came at the suggestion of Mayor Matt Miller, […]