“We voted Mayor Banks in. We voted for a full-time mayor. We didn’t vote for a part-time mayor,” said Bellville resident Dan Jones. Jones was one of nearly two dozen residents that turned out for the Bellville Village Council meeting on March 3, many of them voicing opposition to the proposed ordinance to reduce the […]
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First Friday Shop Hop opens doors downtown
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Mansfield’s First Friday Shop Hop is coming early this year. On Friday, March 6 the downtown carrousel district businesses will keep their doors open a little longer. The First Friday Shop Hop is an initiative to stimulate business growth in the downtown area, but it also encourages a sense of community. Downtown […]
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Madison South raising money for American Heart Association
MANSFIELD, Ohio — For students and teachers at Madison South Elementary, the Hoops for Heart campaign is personal. The school kicked off its annual fundraiser this week with all proceeds go to the American Heart Association. “This is our seventh year of doing this at Madison South,” said physical education teacher and event coordinator Nikki […]
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Malabar Farm heralds in Spring with the annual Maple Syrup Festival
LUCAS, Ohio – All are invited to shake off cabin fever and visit Malabar Farm State Park for their annual Maple Festival. The Maple Festival runs two consecutive weekends – March 7 and 8 and March 14 and 15 from noon to 4 p.m. each day. Demonstrations of sugar making by early Native Americans, pioneers […]
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Galion offering presale tickets for boys hoops sectional final
GALION, Ohio – The Galion High School will offer presale tickets to the boys basketball sectional final tournament game against Sandusky. The game starts at 6:15 p.m. March 6 at Willard High School. Tickets will be available at the GHS athletic office 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 and Thursday, March 5. Tickets will […]
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Richland County Resource Fair aims to empower consumers
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Catholic Charities and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will partner to host the Fifth Annual Consumer Resource Fair on Saturday, March 7, at Richland Mall. The resource fair will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to conclude National Consumer Protection Week, which is March 1 to 7. Catholic Charities and participating organizations […]
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Brenda Pratt indicted for murder after infant girl dies
The Mansfield Police Major Crimes Unit has arrested Brenda J. Pratt on an indictment by the Richland County Grand Jury for Murder. On Jan. 21, the Mansfield Police were called by Akron Children’s Hospital and advised they were treating a 10-week-old baby girl for significant injuries. An investigation was started by the Major Crimes Unit […]
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Natalie Wolf
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, on February 10, 1922, Natalie L. (Powell) Wolf passed away on March 4, 2015. She was 93 years old. She was the widow of John Clifford Wolf who passed away on November 5, 1994. Her parents, Thomas H. Powell and Blay Alice Powell along with her siblings, Vernelle, Emma Jean and Dalton, […]
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Twila Ewing
Twila D. Ewing, 79, of Galion, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital, Mansfield, after an extended illness. Twila was born in Furnace Run, PA on July 13, 1935 to the late Lewis and Bertha (Bish) Anthony. She married John F. Ewing on December 17, 1960 and he survives her. Twila was a homemaker. […]
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Jeffrey Mecurio
MANSFIELD: Jeffrey Lee Mecurio, age 53, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015 in Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital following a brief illness. Jeff was born February 5, 1962 in Mansfield and was graduated from Lexington High School with the class of 1981. He is survived by family all of Mansfield: his father and step-mother Roger […]