A pickup truck rests in a ditch along Possum Run Road Sunday morning. Snow covered roads and warmer temperatures made the curving road slick. Shoppers were at the stores early Sunday, anticipating predicted snow accumulation from a winter storm. Sunday’s snow made driving treacherous on Sunday, but Snow Trails attracted a large number of skiers […]
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Winter Storm Warning update: Wet roads may refreeze Monday morning
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Updated Sunday, Feb. 1, 3:24 p.m.)–The National Weather Service is maintaining a Winter Storm Warning until noon Monday. The winter storm will bring heavy snow and a wintry mix into early Monday. Snow accumulations have been decreased to 4 to 7 inches with trace ice accumulations. The snow will mix with rain including […]
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Y-Not Cycling graduates employees to international company
LEXINGTON, Ohio – Y-Not Cycling in Lexington has been in the cycling business for 68 years. They take pride in offering customers the cycling parts and repairs they need, but they don’t just stop there. Two recent employees have pedaled their expertise to bigger markets. Twenty-six-year-old Josh McKinney for example, works for Trek in Waterloo, […]
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Hospice of North Central Ohio offers bereavement services to businesses
MANSFIELD, Ohio — When faced with a tragedy–the sudden death of an employee–Third Street Family Health Services sought assistance to help them cope. They discovered that Hospice of North Central Ohio offers a service specifically designed to help businesses handle such situations. Nicole Williams, chief operating officer at Third Street Family Health Services, said that […]
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Ohio State Mansfield campus district would bring retail, student life
The city of Mansfield may not be known as a stereotypical “college town” – a community dominated by its university population – but the ratio may begin to shift that way with the expansion of a campus district at The Ohio State University at Mansfield. Thanks to a growing number of residential students, the necessity […]
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Statewide free financial aid event to be held at OSU-Mansfield
The Ohio State University at Mansfield will host the statewide college financial aid event “College Goal Sunday” (CGS) at 2 p.m. on Feb. 8 at the Conard Learning Center. The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists students and parents […]
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Kathryn “Kay” Hammon
Kathryn “Kay” Bunting Hammon, 91, of Ashland, died January 30, 2015. Kathryn was born in Mansfield on December 13, 1923, the second of eight brothers and sisters to Thelma and Ralph Bunting, with an extended family of the Hergatt and Beer families. Raised in Mansfield, Kay graduated from Madison High School and went on to […]
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Robert Scheets
LEXINGTON: Robert G. Scheets of Lexington passed away Friday morning January 30, 2015 in Liberty Nursing Center, Mansfield, following several years of declining health. He was 75. Born April 29, 1939 in Epworth to Frederick and Susan (Leitenberger) Scheets, Bob was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church who worked with Mansfield Screw Machine. He is survived […]
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Norma Jean Wolfgang
BELLVILLE: Norma Jean Wolfgang, 85, passed away Friday morning, January 30, 2015 in Country Meadow Care Center. The daughter of Russell and Beatrice (Cairns) Walker, Norma Jean was born December 17, 1929 in Mansfield. On November 27, 1947 she married Albert F. Wolfgang Jr. A wonderful cook, Norma Jean loved preparing meals for her family. […]
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Tommy Crownover
Tommy J. Crownover, 74, of Mansfield, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015, following a lengthy illness. Tommy was born on March 17, 1940, in San Antonio, TX, to John Crownover and Annie Crownover Butler. Tommy proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He made the rank of GySgt […]