ASHLAND — The Mohican Young Star Academy has a storied past — some of it good, and some of it not-so-good — but has always dealt in providing correctional and rehabilitation services to Ohio’s youth. Here’s a detailed look into the facility’s presence in the Loudonville area as the state investigates “serious non-compliance” issues. On […]
Dillon Carr
Lead reporter for Ashland Source who happens to own more bikes than pairs of jeans. His coverage focuses on city and county government, and everything in between. He lives in Mansfield with his wife and two children.
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State suspends new admissions at Mohican Young Star Academy to investigate ‘serious noncompliance’
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — A Loudonville store owner may soon get the accountability she called for months ago following a break-in at her Route 3 store. Miranda Taylor, owner of Stake’s Shortstop, created an online petition in March calling on state authorities to have Mohican Young Star Academy “lock their doors” to prevent residents there from […]
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Ashland ‘Shoe Bandit’ sentenced to max 3-year prison term
ASHLAND — Ashland’s so-called Shoe Bandit is going to prison for three years. Tommy Norris, 52, of Ashland faced Ashland County Common Pleas Judge Dave Stimpert on Monday for his sentencing hearing stemming from a July case. Police charged Norris with burglary after searching his home on Cottage Street in mid-July. At the time, police […]
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Undercover agents arrest 2 Richland County men in human trafficking sting
ASHLAND — Undercover agents with a human trafficking task force arrested two Ashland County men on Dec. 5, along with four others from the area, authorities announced Monday. The Huron, Erie, Ashland and Lorain (H.E.A.L) Human Trafficking Task Force conducted a one-day sting operation in the Ashland area on Dec. 5 “to arrest men seeking […]
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Mohican Christkindlmarkt brings European holiday charm to downtown Loudonville
LOUDONVILLE — The magic of a traditional European Christmas market is coming todowntown Loudonville this December as the village prepares to host its first-ever MohicanChristkindlmarkt. The festive outdoor market is inspired by centuries-old holiday traditions in Germany, Austria, and throughout Europe. The market will be open to the public the first two weekends in December […]
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Want a live Christmas tree this year? Here’s where you can find one
I don’t know how scientific or reliable these numbers are, but most Americans decide to decorate for Christmas on the weekend after Thanksgiving, or shortly thereafter. We scoff at all the Christmas marketing that appears in our streaming services the day after Labor Day. It’s not even Halloween yet, we moan. We’re a little warmer […]
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A Stroll Through the Garden: English Ivy and its challenges
A while ago, a reader and a business associate asked me to identify a plant that hadclimbed up a tree and was in bloom that year. I recently got a similar e-mail about English Ivy in the yard of one of my readers. This first business associate had a side yard that had several types […]
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Discussions around Arthur Street school’s future swirl with Bellville owner in prison
ASHLAND — The Ashland land bank is considering paying off a lien that was recently placed on a vacant Ashland building on Arthur Street that used to be a school. The land bank did not take formal action Wednesday during its regular meeting on the vacant school at 416 Arthur St., which land bank president […]
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Ashland County Democratic Party files federal suit after hot-button issue at county fair
ASHLAND — The hot-button issue at the Ashland County Fair just got hotter. The Ashland County Democratic Committee, through a Lakewood attorney, filed a civil suit Thursday in U.S. District Court, alleging the group’s federal civil rights were violated in September. The lawsuit, filed by former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, identifies Ashland County Sheriff […]
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Nova man arrested after allegedly shooting Ashland man outside Wagon Wheel bar
ASHLAND — One man was hospitalized and another was in custody after an early Thursday morning shooting in the parking lot of a downtown Ashland bar. David Struckoff, 25, of Nova, was taken into custody at the Wagon Wheel, 255 Orange Road, after the shooting incident at 1:28 a.m., police said. He was placed in […]