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Police offer reward for Lorain fugitive suspected of Elyria homicide
CLEVELAND — Authorities are searching for a Lorain man who police say shot and killed someone on July 28. Jajuan Malone, 23, is wanted by Elyria police and the U.S. Marshal’s Service for an aggravated murder charge. The charge stems from a homicide that took place July 28 inside a restaurant on West River Road in Elyria. […]
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Pot: A column about the ‘punchy’ marijuana, cannabis synonym
MANSFIELD — It was me. I wrote the headline and used the word pot as a synonym for marijuana or cannabis in a story I wrote earlier this week about a group’s effort to get the psychoactive plant legalized for recreational use. I had around 300 choices. There are hundreds of names for the controversial […]
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Pot activists announce plans to legalize marijuana in Ohio
COLUMBUS — An organization hoping to regulate marijuana in Ohio has changed routes on legalization. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol announced Tuesday it will now try passing a state law instead of through a constitutional amendment, which was the original plan, as outlined in March 2020. “We are proposing to regulate marijuana for […]
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After Hours musicians ‘chomping at the bit’ to kick off 2021 concert series
MANSFIELD — Newsroom After Hours is back after a year’s hiatus. The once-monthly, Friday evening concert series kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on July 16 at Idea Works in Mansfield. Entrance to the show is free and includes complimentary beer and food. Sponsors include Mechanics Bank, Phoenix Brewing Company, Doc’s Deli and WRDL in Ashland. […]
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Here’s why my pilot got emotional after taking me on my first Ashland BalloonFest flight
ASHLAND — Three years ago, the weather was great. Good enough, in fact, for a hot air balloon ride during Ashland’s 28th BalloonFest. It was June 30, 2018. The temperature hovered in the mid 80s and the wind blew at a comfortable 7 mph. Michael Miller, who was 21 at the time, joined the 29 […]
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Open Source: BalloonFest attendees share memories of Ashland’s 30-year-old festival
ASHLAND — BalloonFest celebrated its 30th birthday this year. From unbelievable to hilarious to heartfelt, those at Ashland BalloonFest have seen it all over 30 years. To commemorate, the Ashland Source team did some bootstrap reporting to catalog three decades’ worth of memories from the festival that focuses on all-things inflatable. Here are your memories: […]
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Petition filed to remove Mifflin’s mayor, Vickie Shultz
MIFFLIN — A resident of Mifflin has filed a petition to recall the village’s mayor with the Ashland County Board of Elections — the first such petition its director of 22 years has ever seen. Fred Craig, 64, filed the petition with the Ashland County Board of Elections on Tuesday. If approved, the petition will […]
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Meet Mansfield prodigy Timmy Bass: A 7th grader bound for AU who blossomed amid COVID
MANSFIELD — Timmy Bass crouched on both knees on the floor of his mom’s living room one rainy morning. With a sharpened pencil in hand, the 11-year-old added to his index of Pokemon creatures. The blue, worn notebook featured a color-coded map of his own Pokemon region, a description of each’s strengths and a colored […]