BELLVILLE — Carol Mowry has lived on the farm for 45 years. The view from the front porch still takes her breath away. “I feel so lucky to live here,” she said, standing in the doorway of the farmhouse. Countless rows of crops grow in the Mowry’s front yard. Beyond the croplands, a forest winds […]

MANSFIELD — The bronze bell hanging from the steeple of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was a symbol of its parishioners’ determination for decades. Now it continues to tell their story from a new location — a memorial monument in South Park. Members of Mansfield’s German immigrant community gathered at the park Saturday afternoon for […]

MANSFIELD — When it opens at the Ren’s new black box space, Theatre 166 on Oct. 8, 2021, Stephen Sondheim’s controversial musical, Assassins, is likely to shock, disturb or even terrify its audiences. This unusual piece about the nine assassins or would-be assassins, will certainly live on in one’s memory long after the curtain has […]