ASHLAND – Ashland City Council expects to vote Tuesday, Feb. 6 on the appointment of a new city council member. Council president Steve Workman confirmed he and fellow council member Al Farnam interviewed four candidates for approximately one hour each on Saturday. Workman declined to say who the finalists were; however, six of the 10 […]
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UPDATE: Clear Fork classes continue through lockdown
BUTLER — (UPDATED AT 11:15 A.M.) An undisclosed incident in the Butler community has put the district schools on code green lock down, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. All Clear Fork Schools are also in lockdown. Code green refers to the schools police to lock entryways to the school in a precautionary effort to […]
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Madison Skills USA competition
Officers of the Skills USA club are pictured here at Madison High School. First-place winners in the Skills USA competition pictured at Madison High School. Jim Riggle is the career tech education director at Madison High School. Madison superintendent Shelley Hildebrand. She was placed on paid administrative leave in September, 2018. These Skills USA award […]
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Skills USA winners recognized at Madison
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Pictured here were the first-, second-, and third-place winners at the Skills USA awards ceremony earlier this week at Madison High School. The winners will compete at the Regional competition on Feb. 16 at Four County Career Center.
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New geographic information system expected to benefit Mansfield
MANSFIELD — City officials are excited to implement a new geographic information system that maps the city’s public utilities, including Mansfield’s water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems. City engineer Bob Bianchi said at a recent public utilities committee meeting that the GIS includes information on over 30,000 assets within the city. “Each of these […]
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Alumni return to make positive impact on Bucyrus Schools
BUCYRUS – There’s a misconception in Bucyrus that talented graduates from Bucyrus High School move away and never return. However, the staff listing for the Bucyrus City School District shows that misconception may not be as true as many believe. Nearly 60 Bucyrus alumni, spanning several generations, have returned to the Redmen family to positively […]
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Police: Ashland, Mansfield men arrested, drugs, stolen property seized
ASHLAND — Four men are being held in the county jail after drugs and stolen property were recovered at a residence on West Fouth Street in Ashland, according to a press release from the Ashland Police Department. Lieutenant Garry Alting stated that suspected crystal meth, suspected crack cocaine, drug abuse instruments, and drug paraphernalia were all […]
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Tri-county coalition takes drilling concerns to the public
MANSFIELD — Four groups tasked with protecting land that gas corporations are investigating for exploratory drilling held a press conference Thursday in the community room at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library. The groups — Advocates of Local Land (ALL), Hayesville Community on Fracked Gas (HCFG), Clear Fork Landowners Group (CFLG) and Frack Free Ohio — took […]
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Mansfield Playhouse presents “Greater Tuna” starting Feb. 9
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Playhouse will present “Greater Tuna,” written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. beginning Feb. 9. What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this comedy send-up of small-town morals and […]
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Brown calls for review of White House inaction following opioid emergency declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined colleagues in a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week requesting a review of the actions taken by President Donald Trump’s Administration to address the opioid epidemic since the White House declared it a public health emergency last October. Earlier this month, the Trump […]