CRESTLINE — Plans to renovate Crestline’s vacant Geyer’s grocery store marked Avita Health System’s latest announcement signaling its growth spurt to another neighboring community. In six to eight months, the 37,000-square foot Geyer’s building will be the health system’s central distribution center for nearly 40 employees. The strip mall next to Geyer’s will also serve […]
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Mansfield BOE holds special meeting to approve new hires, contracts
MANSFIELD — Mansfield’s Board of Education Treasurer Robert Kuehnle said Monday’s special meeting was called because board members needed to approve a group of new hires before the school district could legally pay them. The group included recently hired teachers, tutors and custodians. As part of a two-step process, all new hires must be approved […]
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Taste of Mansfield Jazz & Blues Fest rolls through storm
MANSFIELD — A thunderstorm and heavy rain swept through most of Richland County Saturday night, putting out attendees at the first annual Taste of Mansfield Jazz and Blues Fest in North Lake Park. The National Weather Service issued a warning at 5:50 p.m. predicting strong thunderstorms, gusts of wind exceeding 40 miles per hour and […]
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Mansfield musician Jimi Vincent lives the life of a blues man
MANSFIELD — Original musician Jimi Vincent calls himself a true blues man. “I’ve lived a life of blues to prove it,” he said. In May, he was plucking his guitar in his home when the chest pains started again. He’d been feeling minor pain for a while, but this time, it wasn’t a drill. Less […]
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Richland B&O Trail seeks volunteers to maintain path
MANSFIELD — The B&O Bike Trail is in need of volunteers. After last week’s storms that ripped through the Lexington area, Gorman Nature Center Director of Facilities and Land Management Kyle Bailey said he realized having a consistent team ready to go in times of need is essential. “When we have downed trees, not just […]
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Prosecutor charges trio in meth cooking case, bonds total over $2 million
BUCYRUS — Three people arrested in August were arraigned Monday with bonds climbing to more than $2 million. Joseph F. Murphy, 31, of Waverly, was charged for the illegal manufacturing of drugs, a first-degree felony, and permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony. His bond was set at $1 million. Matthew Alley, 31, of Chillicothe, faced […]
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Pie Auction draws nearly $7,500 thanks to 83 bakers
MANSFIELD — Fairgoers were hungry Wednesday night. Or perhaps they wanted to give to a worthy cause. Either way, nearly $7,500 was raised during Wednesday night’s annual pie auction at the Richland County Fair. The proceeds will be split between the bakers and the Arts and Crafts Building. Sixty percent will go to the building […]
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Romanchuk: Schools ‘should stand on principle’ on transgender rule
MANSFIELD — State Representative Mark Romanchuk encouraged school principals and superintendents to “vote their conscience, so to speak” when it comes to complying with the federal government’s transgender bathroom mandate. A group of 102 area pastors wrote a letter to state government officials urging them to recognize a call to civil disobedience against the nation’s […]