SHELBY – High school athletes in Shelby may end up competing in three different conferences in three years as Shelby prepares to move yet again, this time to the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference. The move was announced at the Shelby Board of Education meeting on Monday evening, when the district accepted an invitation to join the […]
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Shelby school building, football stadium issue bound for the ballot
SHELBY – The fate of a new Pre-K through 8th grade building and a new football stadium in Shelby is in the hands of the voters. The Shelby Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution on Monday putting the issue of the new facilities on the November ballot. The cost of the new building to […]
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Mansfield Playhouse celebrates 50 years of theatre talent
MANSFIELD – One of Richland County’s artistic gems, the Mansfield Playhouse, has now been in existence for half a century. Hailed as Ohio’s second-oldest continuously producing community theater, the Mansfield Playhouse is celebrating 50 years at its current location at 95 E. Third St. downtown. But the theater’s history goes back even further. According to […]
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Mansfield Pride festival celebrates love in all forms
MANSFIELD – People of all shapes, sizes, religious backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations gathered at Mansfield’s Central Park on Saturday for the city’s third-annual Gay Pride Festival. Despite the weather literally raining on their parade Saturday morning, the Mansfield Gay Pride Association pressed onward and tried to stay dry for the festival itself. Todd Rice, […]
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Livestock auction invests in the future of the Crawford County Fair
BUCYRUS – The call of the auctioneer at the Junior Fair Livestock Sale is the siren song that ends the Crawford County Fair each year. Standing nervously before a crowd of eager bidders, 4-H students cross their fingers in hopes that the animal they invested time and energy in all year will go for a […]
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Maestro Más-Arocas brings musical passion to Mansfield
MANSFIELD – Music was not a passion that Octavio Más-Arocas chose in his life. He was born into it. Growing up in the town of Buñol, Spain – a town of less than 10,000 people – Más-Arocas always knew he would be in a band. Specifically, one of the two bands that originated in Buñol, […]
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Shelby considers new $16M building, new football stadium
SHELBY – The Shelby Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to start the process of asking Shelby voters to build a new Pre-K through 8th grade building, as well as constructing a new football stadium. In a special meeting, the board approved a resolution declaring the necessity of submitting to Shelby voters the question […]
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Crawford Co. Fair’s 4-H Horse Show teaches discipline, teamwork
BUCYRUS – The best horse-and-handler teams of the Crawford County Fair were officially determined on Tuesday at the 4-H Horse Show. The Western Showmanship competition kicked off on Tuesday morning at the Fairgrounds’ horse arena, and ultimately the Grand Champion of showmanship was 13-year-old Kalyn Carroll of Galion and her horse, Bullseye. It was Carroll’s […]
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Economic development director recommended in Shelby
SHELBY – Economic development now has a path forward in the city of Shelby thanks to a study presented to City Council on Monday evening. Greg Timberlake, president of the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) in Shelby, discussed the review and recommendations of an economic development study created by the Montrose Group. It is the mission […]
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Kasich’s line-item veto could jeopardize $1.5 million in Richland County revenue
MANSFIELD – A line item in Ohio’s 2018-2019 budget vetoed by Gov. John Kasich has the potential to strip Richland County’s general fund of approximately $1.5 million in revenue. With local governments already losing a revenue source due to the end of a sales tax on Medicaid-managed care organizations, Ohio’s General Assembly included a plan […]