MANSFIELD — Local officials may know as soon as November what can be done to improve the safety of the intersection at Lexington-Springmill Avenue and Home Road. Richland County Engineer Adam Gove on Wednesday told members of the county’s regional planning executive committee he hopes to know by then the status of a grant request […]
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GALLERY: YMCA Indoor Sports Center
complex01.jpg complex02.jpg YMCA board president Rick Roby. complex04.jpg Y Sports Center Y Sports Center Rendering Y Sports center site
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SAE start-up loan program geared toward local FFA members
LOUDONVILLE — Area FFA students planning for their SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) projects are encouraged to apply for funding through the SAE Start-Up Loan program to help with the costs associated with these projects. SAE’s are a time-honored part of agricultural education curriculum and help students develop agribusiness skills and leadership abilities. Active FFA students […]
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Crystal Renee Bright
On September 11, 2022, Crystal Renee Bright left this earth to attend a family reunion. She was welcomed by her parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles but most importantly by her Heavenly Father. During one of her hospital stays, a family friend reminded us that “in heaven she will be perfect”. No more Down Syndrome, no […]
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Centerburg Old Time Farming Festival returns this weekend
CENTERBURG — Centerburg is hosting another year of its old-time farming festival, filled with a parade, live bands, food contests and the chicken dance. The theme for this year’s festival is “save our farmland,” festival secretary Annamarie Smith said. Smith said all the bands are new for the festival’s 30th year with classic games making a […]
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Stanley Gardner pleads not guilty in Ashland murder case involving his son
ASHLAND — Stanley Gardner plead not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge involving the homicide of his son. Gardner, 71, was charged Sept. 9 with the murder of his son, 39-year-old Jason Gardner, who was found shot to death in a home across the street from Brookside West Park a week earlier. The elder Gardner […]
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YMCA announces new $15 million indoor sports center to be built off I-71
MANSFIELD — Cristen Gilbert, CEO of the YMCA of North Central Ohio, thinks it’s important for all children to get the opportunity to play sports. Gilbert and the YMCA announced on Wednesday that a new $12 to $15 million, 125,000 square-foot indoor sports complex will be built near the intersection of I-71 and State Route […]
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Ohio’s sporadic Indian Wars stretched into the 18th Century
Editor’s NoteThis story was originally published by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered a collaborative agreement to share content across our sites. The Ohio Indian Wars were a series of struggles between settlers from the newly independent United States and American Indian residents of the Ohio Country in the years after the American […]
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Managing Ankle Sprains During Fall Sports and Fitness Activities
(StatePoint) As fall sports heat up for kids, so do 5Ks, marathons and golf tournaments for adults, leading to ankle sprains for athletes of all ages. “Both serious athletes and weekend warriors often underestimate how serious a sprain can be, and they rush back into action without taking time to rehabilitate the injury properly,” says […]
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Ontario blanks Clear Fork in battle of MOAC powers
BELLVILLE — Ontario’s Hattie Yugovich continues to play beyond her years. A freshman midfielder, Yugovich scored a pair of second-half goals as the Warriors knocked off cross-county rival Clear Fork in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference action Tuesday night at the Colt Corral. Yugovich has a team-best 15 goals on the season for the Warriors (8-1, 3-0). […]