MANSFIELD – Gas prices have risen considerably in March, and fuel experts believe that trend will continue through Memorial Day. The state average gas price on Wednesday is $2.64 per gallon, three cents lower than the national average, according to AAA’s price tracker. The average price in Richland County is $2.71 per gallon, which ranks […]
Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
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Ellen’s Corner: How a quilter’s powerful legacy lives on, one fabric square at a time
FREDERICKTOWN – Ellen Divelbiss’s favorite color was blue. It showed up in little pockets of her life. When she and Terry bought their first house, after raising their three boys in a two-bedroom apartment for 12 years while he started the family business, she wanted the kitchen countertops to be blue. So they were. The […]
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Mental health leaders speak about the future of suicide prevention, challenges and solutions
EDITOR’S NOTE: Knox Pages sent reporter Grant Pepper to Austin, Texas for the 2019 South by Southwest convention. From March 8 to 12, he’ll attend conferences where industry leaders will discuss the future of healthcare, technology, downtown development and more. Each day, he’ll report back on his findings. The goal? To spark conversation about what’s […]
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Reimagining life with cancer: University of Texas treatment center puts patients first
EDITOR’S NOTE: Knox Pages sent reporter Grant Pepper to Austin, Texas for the 2019 South by Southwest convention. From March 8 to 12, he’ll attend conferences where industry leaders will discuss the future of healthcare, technology, downtown development and more. Each day, he’ll report back on his findings. The goal? To spark conversation about what’s […]
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Why ‘playable’ cities are successful cities, according to one expert
EDITOR’S NOTE: Knox Pages sent reporter Grant Pepper to Austin, Texas for the 2019 South by Southwest convention. From March 8 to 12, he’ll attend conferences where industry leaders will discuss the future of healthcare, technology, downtown development and more. Each day, he’ll report back on his findings. The goal? To spark conversation about what’s […]
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What will ‘work’ look like tomorrow? One expert predicts ‘Seven New Realities’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Knox Pages sent reporter Grant Pepper to Austin, Texas for the 2019 South by Southwest convention. From March 8 to 12, he’ll attend conferences where industry leaders will discuss the future of healthcare, technology, downtown development and more. Each day, he’ll report back on his findings. The goal? To spark conversation about what’s […]
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Fredericktown’s favorite son: Community mourns passing of Luke Perry
FREDERICKTOWN – Calling from her home on Tuesday afternoon, Betty Weller began to choke up. It had been less than 24 hours since news broke that Luke Perry, a 1984 Fredericktown High School graduate, had passed away. After graduating from Fredericktown, Perry quickly became a turn-of-the-century TV sensation. He was best known for his lead […]
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‘Why Teens Kill’: Nationally known teen violence expert shares message with local leaders
MOUNT VERNON – On Wednesday, a man who has appeared on A&E, Spike, and Fox News – who has been profiled by Newsweek Magazine and who has authored three books – came to Mount Vernon to talk to an audience of 150. America’s self-proclaimed “Leading Authority on Juvenile Homicide and Juvenile Mass Murder” spoke with […]
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Where the stars bought their cars
MOUNT VERNON – Tucked 80 pages into an 100-page issue of Sports Illustrated, dated October 26, 1959, there is a man named George Izo. He is looking at the reader through squinted eyes in the lower left-hand corner of the page – “An unsmiling Izo” reads the caption – and to his right, a two-paragraph […]
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Colts outrun Freddies in fast-paced Route 13 clash
FREDERICKTOWN – Standing in his office less than 10 minutes after the final horn sounded on Tuesday night, Fredericktown head coach Derek Dibling wore a blank expression. It was usually his team that pushed the pace, his team that used tempo to its advantage. Fredericktown is the fastest team in the KMAC by far, relying […]