ASHLAND — “We’re growing.” The words resonated in the minds of business leaders and Ashland Chamber of Commerce members Friday when Mayor Glen Stewart gave a State of the City Address at the Ashland Kroc Center. The theme of growth in Stewart’s address was punctuated with news bits like an official announcement that a Tim […]
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Why are subdistricts a good flood solution?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth in a five-part series looking at the historic issue of flooding in Richland County, its impact and potential ideas in dealing with the problem. Part 1 was Monday. Part 2 was Tuesday. Part 3 was Wednesday. Part 4 was Thursday. Both Shelby and Bellville chose to form a subdistrict under […]
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Watershed Conservancy Subdistricts: a solution
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a five-part series looking at the historic issue of flooding in Richland County, its impact and potential ideas in dealing with the problem. Part 1 was Monday. Part 2 was Tuesday. Part 3 was Wednesday. MANSFIELD — Ohio watershed conservancy districts have been around since before the 1930s when […]
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Political waves: the deeper issue of local flooding
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a five-part series looking at the historic issue of flooding in Richland County, its impact and potential ideas in dealing with the problem. Part 1 was Monday. Part 2 was Tuesday. MANSFIELD — Could CAUV monies be allocated to help maintain local rivers? Local and state politicians say, in […]
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Mansfield Schools rolls out plan for Hedges Campus
MANSFIELD — Superintendent Brian Garverick presented the board Tuesday night with plans to reconfigure Hedges Campus starting next fall. Hedges Campus is a school that offers intervention to students struggling to pass courses due to behavioral or academic issues. During last week’s meeting, the board approved a one-year renewal contract for the school’s new principal, […]
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Crawford Co indictments: Meth lab could draw 20-year sentence for Galion residents
BUCYRUS — Two Galion residents were indicted Monday, just two weeks after authorities say they found a meth lab in their garage. Korinthia Wireman, 24, and Dustin Lowe, 28, are being held in the Crawford County Jail with a combined bond set for $950,000. Wireman was charged with illegal manufacturing of drugs, a first-degree felony. […]
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Madison business owner combats constant flooding
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a five-part series looking at the historic issue of flooding in Richland County, its impact and potential ideas in dealing with the problem. Part 1 was Monday. MADISON TOWNSHIP — Dan Tucker is a farm investor and he owns Tucker Brothers Auto Wrecking in Mansfield. One of his eight […]
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Lucas farmer fights to protect land from flooding
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a five-part series looking at the historic issue of flooding in Richland County, its impact and potential ideas in dealing with the problem. LUCAS — More than 103 years ago, Richland County — and countless communities across 20 states — experienced a flood of historic proportions. When the […]
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Assault of 4-month-old tops Crawford Co. indictments
BUCYRUS — The Crawford County Prosecutor’s Office indicted 24 people in its most recent list released Monday. On the list was Mitchell Lawhun, of Mansfield, charged in March of assaulting a 4-month-old. Crawford County Municipal Court Judge Shane Leuthold set a $2 million bond on Lawhun after hearing the testimonies surrounding the March 18 incident that […]
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Healthy Living Festival focuses on ‘growth’
MANSFIELD — For Judson Laipply, the most frequently asked question — what is the meaning of life — is a wrongly framed question. Laipply, a motivational speaker and comedian from Bucyrus, suggests the question should be, what is the meaning to life? “To ask what is the meaning of life means there is one singular […]