GALION — Film lovers in Galion will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world from Sept. 22 through Oct. 2 when the 25th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at Galion Community Theatre. Showtimes are Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. The final 10 short films screen […]
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Industrial Museum adds 6 members to Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Editor’s NoteBe sure to check out the videos on each of the six individuals at the end of this story. Those videos, provided by DRM Productions, focus on the contributions made by Reid Carpenter, Glen Vinson, Millard Pryor, Denny Schroeder, Anton Gerich and Michael Byrne, respectively. MANSFIELD — With more than 50 years of experience […]
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Local students among Ashbrook Scholar Award winners
ASHLAND – The Ashbrook Scholar Program is a rigorous liberal arts program for students studying politics, history, or economics at Ashland University that includes an annual scholarship awarded solely on merit to the most promising students. The following students in the north central Ohio area have been awarded a position in the Ashbrook Scholar Program […]
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Mid Ohio’s READY FOR HIRE summer programs a success
MANSFIELD — Back in June, the Ohio Department of Education awarded $89 million in Summer Learning and Afterschool Opportunities Grants to 161 community-based partners. The Department received more than 700 applications from across the state. Locally, $1.9 million was awarded in two grants to SPARC, one to create summer programming in summer 2022, 2023 and […]
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19th annual “open air” style art competition starts Sept. 22
MANSFIELD — The Ohio Plein Air Society will be holding its 19th Annual Plein Air Competition in Richland County. This is an organization of artists devoted to painting in the “Plein Air” tradition or the “Open Air” style of the French Impressionists. They will begin painting on Thursday evening, Sept. 22 through Saturday, Sept. 24. […]
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Counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in Ohio
The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2021, 40% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron variant, which comprises […]
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Poultry shows at Ashland Co. Fair cancelled due to avian flu
ASHLAND — The familiar clucking, pecking, and wing-flapping of farm birds will be missing from the upcoming Ashland County Fair after the fair board voted on Monday to cancel the poultry shows due to a local outbreak of avian flu. Last week, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) discovered avian flu in a flock of […]
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GALLERY: Blood Prison 2022 set for opening at OSR
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Lexington sweeps Mount Vernon to conclude first round of league play
MOUNT VERNON — Lexington head coach Janelle Wyant won’t lie: the first half of this season was more difficult than most. Her team had to practice in Clear Fork’s gym for three weeks, then in the middle school gym while Lexington Local Schools completed the construction of its new junior/senior high school. Lady Lex also […]
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GALLERY: Mount Vernon vs. Lexington volleyball
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