HOWARD — East Knox students exited school buses and walked to class as fog rolled over the district buildings Friday morning, marking the fourth day of the 2021-22 school year. At the same time, approximately 50 protesters gathered along the school perimeter on Coshocton Road to demonstrate their objection to the district’s indoor mask mandate, […]
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Hillsdale summer school students learn coding through robot battles
JEROMESVILLE — Hillsdale Middle School summer students lined up on opposite sides of the school cafeteria. They were getting into position to have a battle, one they had been preparing for through a summer of math, reading and problem solving activities. The battle would not be between the students but between robots, which the students programmed […]
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Conceptual drawings released of Fredericktown’s streetscape project
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown’s streetscape project will be completed as a single-phased project, instead of two phases as originally proposed. The street improvements remain slated for completion by the end of 2023. Based on initial conversations with Ohio Department of Transportation officials, construction will likely begin in the summer of 2023, said village administrator Bruce Snell. Project […]
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Loudonville Eagle Scout candidate to renovate youth building
LOUDONVILLE — The Loudonville Village Youth Building, which first opened in 1955, was built entirely by volunteers, according to archives of The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville. A local Eagle Scout candidate is following the building’s history and renovating it through the same means — with volunteer labor and supplies. Loudonville scout Camden Stanton, […]
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Backpack giveaway Sunday at Mansfield and Ashland Wireless Zone stores
ASHLAND — Hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to children at Wireless Zone stores in Ashland and Mansfield on Sunday, Aug. 1. Wireless Zone, a Verizon franchisor, does the “School Rocks Backpack Giveaway” annually in participating stores across the country. Families who visit the Ashland and Mansfield stores between the hours […]
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Custom Hoists union employees return to work after 6-week strike
HAYESVILLE — The Hayesville Custom Hoists union employees, who had been on strike for six weeks over a contract dispute, returned to work Monday. The approximately 70 union workers return after a series of contract proposals and rejections. The union rejected Custom Hoist’s initial contract proposal in June, submitted a proposal of its own to […]