LOUDONVILLE — A new face will lead Loudonville-Perrysville Exempted Village Schools this academic year. Jennifer Allerding, a Dover native and current Jeromesville resident, is set to take over as the district’s superintendent on Aug. 1. She has spent the last three years as the superintendent at Galion City Schools, following six years there in other […]
Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
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Open Source: 5 years later, what happened to Planet Oasis/Arcadia in Delaware County?
Editor’s Note To celebrate 10 years of local journalism, Richland Source is revisiting some of its previous coverage and updating the community on the stories we’ve told. BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP — It was marketed as “the entertainment venue of the future.” It was compared to Disney World – a global attraction in the heart of Ohio. […]
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New streetlights brighten downtown Danville
DANVILLE — Danville is looking a little brighter these days, thanks to a year-long, grassroots community effort that raised nearly $160,000 to install 31 streetlights along the village’s downtown corridor. Main-Market & Beyond, the village’s newly-formed business association, spearheaded the initiative. Betty Severns, owner of The Blonde Robin and chair of the association’s beautification committee, […]
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STATE T&F: Highland’s Juliette Laracuente-Huebner wins 4 state titles, nearly captures team title by herself
COLUMBUS — Ninety years ago Saturday, a young man named Jesse Owens made history at the OHSAA state track and field meet. A senior at Cleveland’s East Technical High School, Owens led the Scarabs to their second straight state title by winning four events – the 100-yard dash, the 200-yard dash, the broad jump and […]
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Heath knocks off Fredericktown in district final, ending Freddies’ historic season
LANCASTER — Fredericktown senior Kaid Carpenter emerged from the dugout Wednesday, walked to the third base line, and stood completely still, facing the outfield. The game was over. It had ended moments earlier, when Heath pitcher Tannar Patterson struck out his 10th and final batter of the night, delivering the Bulldogs their first district title […]
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Mount Vernon gets revenge on Lexington, clinches share of OCC title
LEXINGTON — Mount Vernon had a chance to move one step closer to clinching its fifth Ohio Cardinal Conference title in six seasons on Monday night. But Lexington had other ideas. The girls in purple and gold (8-10, 6-7 OCC) came to town and stunned the Yellow Jackets (20-6, 11-2) on Senior Night, rattling off […]
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Back-to-back: Fredericktown girls capture 2nd straight KMAC track & field title
IBERIA — It took a second-place finish in the last race of the night – the 4×400-meter relay – for Fredericktown to secure last year’s Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference girls track and field title. The Freddies came into the race trailing three-time defending champion Mount Gilead by half-a-point, but remained undeterred, outpacing the Indians by 17 […]
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Lexington stuns Mount Vernon on Senior Night, complicates OCC title race
MOUNT VERNON — Lexington has seen its fair share of ups and downs this season. After finishing third in the Ohio Cardinal Conference last year, the program has struggled at points this spring, ranking sixth out of eight teams coming into the final week of league play. First, it was the defense. Then, recently, it […]
