Through an agreement with the Ontario Police Department, an Ontario police officer will be stationed at the Stingel Elementary building during school hours in an effort to maintain a safe place of learning at Ontario Schools. Chief Officer Rodney Smith explained that the officer who is assigned to day-watch will go to Stingel and perform […]
Emily Johnson, Staff Reporter
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New road deputies sworn in
Ryan Radojcsics and James Berry will hit the road as new road deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Office. The two were sworn in last week and previously served as corrections officers for the Richland County Jail. Maj. Dale Fortney stated, “They did outstanding as corrections officers and we expect that they’ll continue on a […]
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Challenging season ahead for Warriors football team
Returning from a 6-4 season, the Ontario Warriors football team will have their work cut out for them as they face a competitive lineup of schools for the 2013 season. “We definitely have one of, if not the toughest, schedules in this area. We are renewing our rivalry with Clear Fork and picked up perennial […]
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Spartans psyched as season starts up
On Tuesday, August 27, the St. Peter’s Spartan soccer team will face off with the Mansfield Christian Flames, a match heavily anticipated by St. Pete’s Austin Smith. Smith stated that he has the day of the match marked on his calendar. “Mansfield Christian is our biggest competitor, not just with soccer, but with all of […]
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Big year ahead at OSU-Mansfield
As the Ohio State University at Mansfield (OSU-Mansfield) enters into a new academic year, the 55-year-old campus welcomes various renovations and remodeling, among other changes. The changes will “transform the campus environment, and, in doing so, will significantly and positively alter the student experience on our campus,” according to Dean and Director Stephen Gavazzi. During […]
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Homeschooling offers educational choice
As the school year approaches, parents and guardians must make the decision of how they would like for their children to be educated. Homeschooling is an option some parents choose or implement. Becky Clark and Beth Brown, who have over 35 years of home education experience combined, offered some insight into this mode of teaching […]
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Minutemen stomp the competition at the Richland County XC Championship
Richland County runners gathered to kick start their season with the annual Richland County B-Dry cross country meet—the title of the event appropriately named as the temperature rose up to 80 degrees. The meet was held at Mansfield Senior High School and hosted Madison High School Cross Country team. Despite the heat, the Lexington Minutemen […]
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Warrior band welcomes exciting year
Marching forward to what appears to be an exciting year is the Ontario band, boasting the largest number of students,143, since 2003. Because of the increase of members, the band needed to purchase additional uniforms. With the community’s assistance, the band raised nearly $10,000 to fund the new uniforms for this year, as well as […]
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Lady Spartans looking forward to soccer season
After experiencing a growing season last year, the girls’ soccer team at St. Peter’s High School hopes to make improvements out on the field this season. In an effort to gain enough members for a team last year, the team sought participation from those who had never played soccer before. Coach Mayo Kuac stated, “Some […]
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Farland-Smith to serve as keynote speaker in China
Donna Farland-Smith, founder and executive director of the Little Buckeye’s Children Museum in downtown Mansfield, will present at the Hubei Science and Technology Museum Research Association’s 2013 International Conference in Xianning City, Hubei Province, China. The local educator and operator of the fast-growing children’s museum will speak as one of the conference’s keynote speakers. The conference […]