Harold and Sharon McNeal not only walked away with a wealth of information from the Aging and Disabilities Resource Network’s Resource Fair, on Thursday, Harold McNeal also won a fall Thanksgiving basket. The resource fair was held at the Hawkins Corner Training and Events Center. “We’re checking out the insurance,” said Sharon McNeal. “We need to […]
Angel N. Ross-Taylor, Correspondent
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Pioneer students help out on Day of Community Service
Over 900 students from Pioneer Career and Technology Center fanned out across Richland County to do community service projects on Friday. Students and teachers from 14 partner schools participated in various community service projects from painting at schools, cleaning parks, picking up trash, and more. Emily Oswalt, 18, a senior, was with a group of […]
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Trash business has unique appeal and helps locally
When Steve Cobb and Doug Miller decided to go into the trash business together they wanted to do something different. “When we started, we said, ‘how do we make it different?’” said Cobb, co-owner of Garbage Guys Who Care. “I thought, what if our trucks were pink and we tied in with Dave’s (Kracker) local […]
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Community members accept ‘Rachel’s Challenge’
Rachel Joy Scott was a soul ahead of her time. She somehow knew she would touch millions of people’s hearts. “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little […]
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Officials gather downtown to kickoff Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Richland County Commissioner Tim Wert encouraged people who attended the kick off to domestic violence awareness month to be good examples of people in healthy relationships to others and children. “We need to teach children to respect themselves and their spouses,” he said. “I charge each one of you to be a good example.” Wert […]
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On anniversary of his birthday, historic marker designates early Johnny Appleseed property
“There is no other place on the planet that has the Appleseed lure like in north central Ohio,” said Bill Jones of the Greentown Preservation Association, Inc. John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, is considered one of the original pioneers of Richland County. Bill and Tom Wappner, owners of Wappner Funeral Directors, Jones, and […]